Q: Is 850,212 a Composite Number?

Why is 850,212 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 850,212 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 11 12 18 19 22 33 36 38 44 57 66 76 99 113 114 132 171 198 209 226 228 339 342 396 418 452 627 678 684 836 1,017 1,243 1,254 1,356 1,881 2,034 2,147 2,486 2,508 3,729 3,762 4,068 4,294 4,972 6,441 7,458 7,524 8,588 11,187 12,882 14,916 19,323 22,374 23,617 25,764 38,646 44,748 47,234 70,851 77,292 94,468 141,702 212,553 283,404 425,106 and 850,212, with no remainder.

Since 850,212 cannot be divided by just 1 and 850,212, 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).