Q: Is 972,576 a Composite Number?

Why is 972,576 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 972,576 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 16 18 22 24 32 33 36 44 48 66 72 88 96 99 132 144 176 198 264 288 307 352 396 528 614 792 921 1,056 1,228 1,584 1,842 2,456 2,763 3,168 3,377 3,684 4,912 5,526 6,754 7,368 9,824 10,131 11,052 13,508 14,736 20,262 22,104 27,016 29,472 30,393 40,524 44,208 54,032 60,786 81,048 88,416 108,064 121,572 162,096 243,144 324,192 486,288 and 972,576, with no remainder.

Since 972,576 cannot be divided by just 1 and 972,576, 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).