Q: Is 745,416 a Composite Number?

Why is 745,416 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 745,416 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 17 18 21 24 27 28 29 34 36 42 51 54 56 58 63 68 72 84 87 102 108 116 119 126 136 153 168 174 189 203 204 216 232 238 252 261 306 348 357 378 406 408 459 476 493 504 522 609 612 696 714 756 783 812 918 952 986 1,044 1,071 1,218 1,224 1,428 1,479 1,512 1,566 1,624 1,827 1,836 1,972 2,088 2,142 2,436 2,856 2,958 3,132 3,213 3,451 3,654 3,672 3,944 4,284 4,437 4,872 5,481 5,916 6,264 6,426 6,902 7,308 8,568 8,874 10,353 10,962 11,832 12,852 13,311 13,804 14,616 17,748 20,706 21,924 25,704 26,622 27,608 31,059 35,496 41,412 43,848 53,244 62,118 82,824 93,177 106,488 124,236 186,354 248,472 372,708 and 745,416, with no remainder.

Since 745,416 cannot be divided by just 1 and 745,416, 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).