Q: Is 422,688 a Composite Number?

Why is 422,688 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 422,688 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 17 21 24 28 32 34 37 42 48 51 56 68 74 84 96 102 111 112 119 136 148 168 204 222 224 238 259 272 296 336 357 408 444 476 518 544 592 629 672 714 777 816 888 952 1,036 1,184 1,258 1,428 1,554 1,632 1,776 1,887 1,904 2,072 2,516 2,856 3,108 3,552 3,774 3,808 4,144 4,403 5,032 5,712 6,216 7,548 8,288 8,806 10,064 11,424 12,432 13,209 15,096 17,612 20,128 24,864 26,418 30,192 35,224 52,836 60,384 70,448 105,672 140,896 211,344 and 422,688, with no remainder.

Since 422,688 cannot be divided by just 1 and 422,688, 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).