Q: Is 874,152 a Composite Number?

Why is 874,152 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 874,152 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 19 24 27 36 38 54 57 71 72 76 81 108 114 142 152 162 171 213 216 228 284 324 342 426 456 513 568 639 648 684 852 1,026 1,278 1,349 1,368 1,539 1,704 1,917 2,052 2,556 2,698 3,078 3,834 4,047 4,104 5,112 5,396 5,751 6,156 7,668 8,094 10,792 11,502 12,141 12,312 15,336 16,188 23,004 24,282 32,376 36,423 46,008 48,564 72,846 97,128 109,269 145,692 218,538 291,384 437,076 and 874,152, with no remainder.

Since 874,152 cannot be divided by just 1 and 874,152, 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).