Q: Is 994,896 a Composite Number?

Why is 994,896 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 994,896 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 27 28 36 42 47 48 49 54 56 63 72 84 94 98 108 112 126 141 144 147 168 188 189 196 216 252 282 294 329 336 376 378 392 423 432 441 504 564 588 658 752 756 784 846 882 987 1,008 1,128 1,176 1,269 1,316 1,323 1,512 1,692 1,764 1,974 2,256 2,303 2,352 2,538 2,632 2,646 2,961 3,024 3,384 3,528 3,948 4,606 5,076 5,264 5,292 5,922 6,768 6,909 7,056 7,896 8,883 9,212 10,152 10,584 11,844 13,818 15,792 17,766 18,424 20,304 20,727 21,168 23,688 27,636 35,532 36,848 41,454 47,376 55,272 62,181 71,064 82,908 110,544 124,362 142,128 165,816 248,724 331,632 497,448 and 994,896, with no remainder.

Since 994,896 cannot be divided by just 1 and 994,896, 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).