Q: Is 742,896 a Composite Number?

Why is 742,896 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 742,896 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 11 12 14 16 18 21 22 24 28 33 36 42 44 48 56 63 66 67 72 77 84 88 99 112 126 132 134 144 154 168 176 198 201 231 252 264 268 308 336 396 402 462 469 504 528 536 603 616 693 737 792 804 924 938 1,008 1,072 1,206 1,232 1,386 1,407 1,474 1,584 1,608 1,848 1,876 2,211 2,412 2,772 2,814 2,948 3,216 3,696 3,752 4,221 4,422 4,824 5,159 5,544 5,628 5,896 6,633 7,504 8,442 8,844 9,648 10,318 11,088 11,256 11,792 13,266 15,477 16,884 17,688 20,636 22,512 26,532 30,954 33,768 35,376 41,272 46,431 53,064 61,908 67,536 82,544 92,862 106,128 123,816 185,724 247,632 371,448 and 742,896, with no remainder.

Since 742,896 cannot be divided by just 1 and 742,896, 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).