Q: Is 982,872 a Composite Number?

Why is 982,872 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 982,872 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 17 18 22 24 33 34 36 44 51 66 68 72 73 88 99 102 132 136 146 153 187 198 204 219 264 292 306 374 396 408 438 561 584 612 657 748 792 803 876 1,122 1,224 1,241 1,314 1,496 1,606 1,683 1,752 2,244 2,409 2,482 2,628 3,212 3,366 3,723 4,488 4,818 4,964 5,256 6,424 6,732 7,227 7,446 9,636 9,928 11,169 13,464 13,651 14,454 14,892 19,272 22,338 27,302 28,908 29,784 40,953 44,676 54,604 57,816 81,906 89,352 109,208 122,859 163,812 245,718 327,624 491,436 and 982,872, with no remainder.

Since 982,872 cannot be divided by just 1 and 982,872, 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).