Q: Is 854,496 a Composite Number?

Why is 854,496 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 854,496 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 23 24 27 32 36 43 46 48 54 69 72 86 92 96 108 129 138 144 172 184 207 216 258 276 288 344 368 387 414 432 516 552 621 688 736 774 828 864 989 1,032 1,104 1,161 1,242 1,376 1,548 1,656 1,978 2,064 2,208 2,322 2,484 2,967 3,096 3,312 3,956 4,128 4,644 4,968 5,934 6,192 6,624 7,912 8,901 9,288 9,936 11,868 12,384 15,824 17,802 18,576 19,872 23,736 26,703 31,648 35,604 37,152 47,472 53,406 71,208 94,944 106,812 142,416 213,624 284,832 427,248 and 854,496, with no remainder.

Since 854,496 cannot be divided by just 1 and 854,496, 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).