Q: Is 940,576 a Composite Number?

Why is 940,576 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 940,576 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 13 14 16 17 19 26 28 32 34 38 52 56 68 76 91 104 112 119 133 136 152 182 208 221 224 238 247 266 272 304 323 364 416 442 476 494 532 544 608 646 728 884 952 988 1,064 1,292 1,456 1,547 1,729 1,768 1,904 1,976 2,128 2,261 2,584 2,912 3,094 3,458 3,536 3,808 3,952 4,199 4,256 4,522 5,168 6,188 6,916 7,072 7,904 8,398 9,044 10,336 12,376 13,832 16,796 18,088 24,752 27,664 29,393 33,592 36,176 49,504 55,328 58,786 67,184 72,352 117,572 134,368 235,144 470,288 and 940,576, with no remainder.

Since 940,576 cannot be divided by just 1 and 940,576, 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).