Q: Is 900,576 a Composite Number?

Why is 900,576 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 900,576 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 32 36 48 53 59 72 96 106 118 144 159 177 212 236 288 318 354 424 472 477 531 636 708 848 944 954 1,062 1,272 1,416 1,696 1,888 1,908 2,124 2,544 2,832 3,127 3,816 4,248 5,088 5,664 6,254 7,632 8,496 9,381 12,508 15,264 16,992 18,762 25,016 28,143 37,524 50,032 56,286 75,048 100,064 112,572 150,096 225,144 300,192 450,288 and 900,576, with no remainder.

Since 900,576 cannot be divided by just 1 and 900,576, 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).