Q: Is 895,968 a Composite Number?

Why is 895,968 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 895,968 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 17 18 24 27 32 34 36 48 51 54 61 68 72 96 102 108 122 136 144 153 183 204 216 244 272 288 306 366 408 432 459 488 544 549 612 732 816 864 918 976 1,037 1,098 1,224 1,464 1,632 1,647 1,836 1,952 2,074 2,196 2,448 2,928 3,111 3,294 3,672 4,148 4,392 4,896 5,856 6,222 6,588 7,344 8,296 8,784 9,333 12,444 13,176 14,688 16,592 17,568 18,666 24,888 26,352 27,999 33,184 37,332 49,776 52,704 55,998 74,664 99,552 111,996 149,328 223,992 298,656 447,984 and 895,968, with no remainder.

Since 895,968 cannot be divided by just 1 and 895,968, 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).