Q: Is 998,448 a Composite Number?

Why is 998,448 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 998,448 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 16 22 24 31 33 44 48 61 62 66 88 93 122 124 132 176 183 186 244 248 264 341 366 372 488 496 528 671 682 732 744 976 1,023 1,342 1,364 1,464 1,488 1,891 2,013 2,046 2,684 2,728 2,928 3,782 4,026 4,092 5,368 5,456 5,673 7,564 8,052 8,184 10,736 11,346 15,128 16,104 16,368 20,801 22,692 30,256 32,208 41,602 45,384 62,403 83,204 90,768 124,806 166,408 249,612 332,816 499,224 and 998,448, with no remainder.

Since 998,448 cannot be divided by just 1 and 998,448, 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).