Q: Is 921,536 a Composite Number?

Why is 921,536 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 921,536 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 11 14 16 17 22 28 32 34 44 56 64 68 77 88 112 119 121 136 154 176 187 224 238 242 272 308 352 374 448 476 484 544 616 704 748 847 952 968 1,088 1,232 1,309 1,496 1,694 1,904 1,936 2,057 2,464 2,618 2,992 3,388 3,808 3,872 4,114 4,928 5,236 5,984 6,776 7,616 7,744 8,228 10,472 11,968 13,552 14,399 16,456 20,944 27,104 28,798 32,912 41,888 54,208 57,596 65,824 83,776 115,192 131,648 230,384 460,768 and 921,536, with no remainder.

Since 921,536 cannot be divided by just 1 and 921,536, 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).