Q: Is 941,688 a Composite Number?

Why is 941,688 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 941,688 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 18 22 24 29 33 36 41 44 58 66 72 82 87 88 99 116 123 132 164 174 198 232 246 261 264 319 328 348 369 396 451 492 522 638 696 738 792 902 957 984 1,044 1,189 1,276 1,353 1,476 1,804 1,914 2,088 2,378 2,552 2,706 2,871 2,952 3,567 3,608 3,828 4,059 4,756 5,412 5,742 7,134 7,656 8,118 9,512 10,701 10,824 11,484 13,079 14,268 16,236 21,402 22,968 26,158 28,536 32,472 39,237 42,804 52,316 78,474 85,608 104,632 117,711 156,948 235,422 313,896 470,844 and 941,688, with no remainder.

Since 941,688 cannot be divided by just 1 and 941,688, 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).