Q: Is 841,428 a Composite Number?

Why is 841,428 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 841,428 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 12 14 18 21 27 28 36 42 49 53 54 63 81 84 98 106 108 126 147 159 162 189 196 212 252 294 318 324 371 378 441 477 567 588 636 742 756 882 954 1,113 1,134 1,323 1,431 1,484 1,764 1,908 2,226 2,268 2,597 2,646 2,862 3,339 3,969 4,293 4,452 5,194 5,292 5,724 6,678 7,791 7,938 8,586 10,017 10,388 13,356 15,582 15,876 17,172 20,034 23,373 30,051 31,164 40,068 46,746 60,102 70,119 93,492 120,204 140,238 210,357 280,476 420,714 and 841,428, with no remainder.

Since 841,428 cannot be divided by just 1 and 841,428, 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).