Q: Is 522,288 a Composite Number?

Why is 522,288 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 522,288 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 16 18 24 26 27 31 36 39 48 52 54 62 72 78 81 93 104 108 117 124 144 156 162 186 208 216 234 248 279 312 324 351 372 403 432 468 496 558 624 648 702 744 806 837 936 1,053 1,116 1,209 1,296 1,404 1,488 1,612 1,674 1,872 2,106 2,232 2,418 2,511 2,808 3,224 3,348 3,627 4,212 4,464 4,836 5,022 5,616 6,448 6,696 7,254 8,424 9,672 10,044 10,881 13,392 14,508 16,848 19,344 20,088 21,762 29,016 32,643 40,176 43,524 58,032 65,286 87,048 130,572 174,096 261,144 and 522,288, with no remainder.

Since 522,288 cannot be divided by just 1 and 522,288, 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).