Q: Is 871,884 a Composite Number?

Why is 871,884 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 871,884 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 13 18 23 26 27 36 39 46 52 54 69 78 81 92 108 117 138 156 162 207 234 243 276 299 324 351 414 468 486 598 621 702 729 828 897 972 1,053 1,196 1,242 1,404 1,458 1,794 1,863 2,106 2,484 2,691 2,916 3,159 3,588 3,726 4,212 5,382 5,589 6,318 7,452 8,073 9,477 10,764 11,178 12,636 16,146 16,767 18,954 22,356 24,219 32,292 33,534 37,908 48,438 67,068 72,657 96,876 145,314 217,971 290,628 435,942 and 871,884, with no remainder.

Since 871,884 cannot be divided by just 1 and 871,884, 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).