Q: Is 515,088 a Composite Number?

Why is 515,088 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 515,088 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 28 36 42 48 49 56 63 72 73 84 98 112 126 144 146 147 168 196 219 252 292 294 336 392 438 441 504 511 584 588 657 784 876 882 1,008 1,022 1,168 1,176 1,314 1,533 1,752 1,764 2,044 2,352 2,628 3,066 3,504 3,528 3,577 4,088 4,599 5,256 6,132 7,056 7,154 8,176 9,198 10,512 10,731 12,264 14,308 18,396 21,462 24,528 28,616 32,193 36,792 42,924 57,232 64,386 73,584 85,848 128,772 171,696 257,544 and 515,088, with no remainder.

Since 515,088 cannot be divided by just 1 and 515,088, 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).