Q: Is 392,392 a Composite Number?

Why is 392,392 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 392,392 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 11 13 14 22 26 28 44 49 52 56 77 88 91 98 104 143 154 182 196 286 308 343 364 392 539 572 616 637 686 728 1,001 1,078 1,144 1,274 1,372 2,002 2,156 2,548 2,744 3,773 4,004 4,312 4,459 5,096 7,007 7,546 8,008 8,918 14,014 15,092 17,836 28,028 30,184 35,672 49,049 56,056 98,098 196,196 and 392,392, with no remainder.

Since 392,392 cannot be divided by just 1 and 392,392, 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).