Q: Is 952,952 a Composite Number?

Why is 952,952 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 952,952 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 11 13 14 17 22 26 28 34 44 49 52 56 68 77 88 91 98 104 119 136 143 154 182 187 196 221 238 286 308 364 374 392 442 476 539 572 616 637 728 748 833 884 952 1,001 1,078 1,144 1,274 1,309 1,496 1,547 1,666 1,768 2,002 2,156 2,431 2,548 2,618 3,094 3,332 4,004 4,312 4,862 5,096 5,236 6,188 6,664 7,007 8,008 9,163 9,724 10,472 10,829 12,376 14,014 17,017 18,326 19,448 21,658 28,028 34,034 36,652 43,316 56,056 68,068 73,304 86,632 119,119 136,136 238,238 476,476 and 952,952, with no remainder.

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