Q: Is 990,528 a Composite Number?

Why is 990,528 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 990,528 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 11 12 14 16 21 22 24 28 32 33 42 44 48 56 64 66 67 77 84 88 96 112 132 134 154 168 176 192 201 224 231 264 268 308 336 352 402 448 462 469 528 536 616 672 704 737 804 924 938 1,056 1,072 1,232 1,344 1,407 1,474 1,608 1,848 1,876 2,112 2,144 2,211 2,464 2,814 2,948 3,216 3,696 3,752 4,288 4,422 4,928 5,159 5,628 5,896 6,432 7,392 7,504 8,844 10,318 11,256 11,792 12,864 14,784 15,008 15,477 17,688 20,636 22,512 23,584 30,016 30,954 35,376 41,272 45,024 47,168 61,908 70,752 82,544 90,048 123,816 141,504 165,088 247,632 330,176 495,264 and 990,528, with no remainder.

Since 990,528 cannot be divided by just 1 and 990,528, 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).