Q: Is 898,464 a Composite Number?

Why is 898,464 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 898,464 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 32 42 48 49 56 84 96 98 112 147 168 191 196 224 294 336 382 392 573 588 672 764 784 1,146 1,176 1,337 1,528 1,568 2,292 2,352 2,674 3,056 4,011 4,584 4,704 5,348 6,112 8,022 9,168 9,359 10,696 16,044 18,336 18,718 21,392 28,077 32,088 37,436 42,784 56,154 64,176 74,872 112,308 128,352 149,744 224,616 299,488 449,232 and 898,464, with no remainder.

Since 898,464 cannot be divided by just 1 and 898,464, 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).