Q: Is 860,496 a Composite Number?

Why is 860,496 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 860,496 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 13 14 16 21 24 26 28 39 42 48 52 56 78 84 91 104 112 156 168 182 197 208 273 312 336 364 394 546 591 624 728 788 1,092 1,182 1,379 1,456 1,576 2,184 2,364 2,561 2,758 3,152 4,137 4,368 4,728 5,122 5,516 7,683 8,274 9,456 10,244 11,032 15,366 16,548 17,927 20,488 22,064 30,732 33,096 35,854 40,976 53,781 61,464 66,192 71,708 107,562 122,928 143,416 215,124 286,832 430,248 and 860,496, with no remainder.

Since 860,496 cannot be divided by just 1 and 860,496, 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).