Q: Is 935,952 a Composite Number?

Why is 935,952 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 935,952 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 17 24 31 34 37 48 51 62 68 74 93 102 111 124 136 148 186 204 222 248 272 296 372 408 444 496 527 592 629 744 816 888 1,054 1,147 1,258 1,488 1,581 1,776 1,887 2,108 2,294 2,516 3,162 3,441 3,774 4,216 4,588 5,032 6,324 6,882 7,548 8,432 9,176 10,064 12,648 13,764 15,096 18,352 19,499 25,296 27,528 30,192 38,998 55,056 58,497 77,996 116,994 155,992 233,988 311,984 467,976 and 935,952, with no remainder.

Since 935,952 cannot be divided by just 1 and 935,952, 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).