Q: Is 938,952 a Composite Number?

Why is 938,952 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 938,952 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 18 21 23 24 27 28 36 42 46 54 56 63 69 72 81 84 92 108 126 138 161 162 168 184 189 207 216 243 252 276 322 324 378 414 483 486 504 552 567 621 644 648 729 756 828 966 972 1,134 1,242 1,288 1,449 1,458 1,512 1,656 1,701 1,863 1,932 1,944 2,268 2,484 2,898 2,916 3,402 3,726 3,864 4,347 4,536 4,968 5,103 5,589 5,796 5,832 6,804 7,452 8,694 10,206 11,178 11,592 13,041 13,608 14,904 16,767 17,388 20,412 22,356 26,082 33,534 34,776 39,123 40,824 44,712 52,164 67,068 78,246 104,328 117,369 134,136 156,492 234,738 312,984 469,476 and 938,952, with no remainder.

Since 938,952 cannot be divided by just 1 and 938,952, 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).