Q: Is 939,456 a Composite Number?

Why is 939,456 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 939,456 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 28 32 36 42 48 56 63 64 72 84 96 112 126 144 168 192 224 233 252 288 336 448 466 504 576 672 699 932 1,008 1,344 1,398 1,631 1,864 2,016 2,097 2,796 3,262 3,728 4,032 4,194 4,893 5,592 6,524 7,456 8,388 9,786 11,184 13,048 14,679 14,912 16,776 19,572 22,368 26,096 29,358 33,552 39,144 44,736 52,192 58,716 67,104 78,288 104,384 117,432 134,208 156,576 234,864 313,152 469,728 and 939,456, with no remainder.

Since 939,456 cannot be divided by just 1 and 939,456, 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).