Q: Is 923,472 a Composite Number?

Why is 923,472 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 923,472 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 16 18 22 24 33 36 44 48 53 66 72 88 99 106 121 132 144 159 176 198 212 242 264 318 363 396 424 477 484 528 583 636 726 792 848 954 968 1,089 1,166 1,272 1,452 1,584 1,749 1,908 1,936 2,178 2,332 2,544 2,904 3,498 3,816 4,356 4,664 5,247 5,808 6,413 6,996 7,632 8,712 9,328 10,494 12,826 13,992 17,424 19,239 20,988 25,652 27,984 38,478 41,976 51,304 57,717 76,956 83,952 102,608 115,434 153,912 230,868 307,824 461,736 and 923,472, with no remainder.

Since 923,472 cannot be divided by just 1 and 923,472, 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).