Q: Is 837,408 a Composite Number?

Why is 837,408 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 837,408 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 13 16 22 24 26 32 33 39 44 48 52 61 66 78 88 96 104 122 132 143 156 176 183 208 244 264 286 312 352 366 416 429 488 528 572 624 671 732 793 858 976 1,056 1,144 1,248 1,342 1,464 1,586 1,716 1,952 2,013 2,288 2,379 2,684 2,928 3,172 3,432 4,026 4,576 4,758 5,368 5,856 6,344 6,864 8,052 8,723 9,516 10,736 12,688 13,728 16,104 17,446 19,032 21,472 25,376 26,169 32,208 34,892 38,064 52,338 64,416 69,784 76,128 104,676 139,568 209,352 279,136 418,704 and 837,408, with no remainder.

Since 837,408 cannot be divided by just 1 and 837,408, 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).