Q: Is 898,884 a Composite Number?

Why is 898,884 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 898,884 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 12 14 18 21 27 28 29 36 41 42 54 58 63 82 84 87 108 116 123 126 164 174 189 203 246 252 261 287 348 369 378 406 492 522 574 609 738 756 783 812 861 1,044 1,107 1,148 1,189 1,218 1,476 1,566 1,722 1,827 2,214 2,378 2,436 2,583 3,132 3,444 3,567 3,654 4,428 4,756 5,166 5,481 7,134 7,308 7,749 8,323 10,332 10,701 10,962 14,268 15,498 16,646 21,402 21,924 24,969 30,996 32,103 33,292 42,804 49,938 64,206 74,907 99,876 128,412 149,814 224,721 299,628 449,442 and 898,884, with no remainder.

Since 898,884 cannot be divided by just 1 and 898,884, 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).