Q: Is 992,628 a Composite Number?

Why is 992,628 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 992,628 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 12 13 14 18 21 26 27 28 36 39 42 52 54 63 78 84 91 101 108 117 126 156 182 189 202 234 252 273 303 351 364 378 404 468 546 606 702 707 756 819 909 1,092 1,212 1,313 1,404 1,414 1,638 1,818 2,121 2,457 2,626 2,727 2,828 3,276 3,636 3,939 4,242 4,914 5,252 5,454 6,363 7,878 8,484 9,191 9,828 10,908 11,817 12,726 15,756 18,382 19,089 23,634 25,452 27,573 35,451 36,764 38,178 47,268 55,146 70,902 76,356 82,719 110,292 141,804 165,438 248,157 330,876 496,314 and 992,628, with no remainder.

Since 992,628 cannot be divided by just 1 and 992,628, 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).