Q: Is 987,624 a Composite Number?

Why is 987,624 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 987,624 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 18 22 24 29 33 36 43 44 58 66 72 86 87 88 99 116 129 132 172 174 198 232 258 261 264 319 344 348 387 396 473 516 522 638 696 774 792 946 957 1,032 1,044 1,247 1,276 1,419 1,548 1,892 1,914 2,088 2,494 2,552 2,838 2,871 3,096 3,741 3,784 3,828 4,257 4,988 5,676 5,742 7,482 7,656 8,514 9,976 11,223 11,352 11,484 13,717 14,964 17,028 22,446 22,968 27,434 29,928 34,056 41,151 44,892 54,868 82,302 89,784 109,736 123,453 164,604 246,906 329,208 493,812 and 987,624, with no remainder.

Since 987,624 cannot be divided by just 1 and 987,624, 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).