Q: Is 984,368 a Composite Number?

Why is 984,368 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 984,368 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 11 14 16 17 22 28 34 44 47 56 68 77 88 94 112 119 136 154 176 187 188 238 272 308 329 374 376 476 517 616 658 748 752 799 952 1,034 1,232 1,309 1,316 1,496 1,598 1,904 2,068 2,618 2,632 2,992 3,196 3,619 4,136 5,236 5,264 5,593 6,392 7,238 8,272 8,789 10,472 11,186 12,784 14,476 17,578 20,944 22,372 28,952 35,156 44,744 57,904 61,523 70,312 89,488 123,046 140,624 246,092 492,184 and 984,368, with no remainder.

Since 984,368 cannot be divided by just 1 and 984,368, 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).