Q: Is 509,808 a Composite Number?

Why is 509,808 a composite number?

A composite number is a number that can be divided evenly by more numbers than 1 and itself. It is the opposite of a prime number.

The number 509,808 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 16 19 24 26 38 39 43 48 52 57 76 78 86 104 114 129 152 156 172 208 228 247 258 304 312 344 456 494 516 559 624 688 741 817 912 988 1,032 1,118 1,482 1,634 1,677 1,976 2,064 2,236 2,451 2,964 3,268 3,354 3,952 4,472 4,902 5,928 6,536 6,708 8,944 9,804 10,621 11,856 13,072 13,416 19,608 21,242 26,832 31,863 39,216 42,484 63,726 84,968 127,452 169,936 254,904 and 509,808, with no remainder.

Since 509,808 cannot be divided by just 1 and 509,808, it is a composite number.

More Examples

• All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).