Q: Is 971,964 a Composite Number?

Why is 971,964 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 971,964 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 12 14 18 19 21 28 29 36 38 42 49 57 58 63 76 84 87 98 114 116 126 133 147 171 174 196 203 228 252 261 266 294 342 348 399 406 441 522 532 551 588 609 684 798 812 882 931 1,044 1,102 1,197 1,218 1,421 1,596 1,653 1,764 1,827 1,862 2,204 2,394 2,436 2,793 2,842 3,306 3,654 3,724 3,857 4,263 4,788 4,959 5,586 5,684 6,612 7,308 7,714 8,379 8,526 9,918 11,172 11,571 12,789 15,428 16,758 17,052 19,836 23,142 25,578 26,999 33,516 34,713 46,284 51,156 53,998 69,426 80,997 107,996 138,852 161,994 242,991 323,988 485,982 and 971,964, with no remainder.

Since 971,964 cannot be divided by just 1 and 971,964, 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).