Q: Is 970,704 a Composite Number?

Why is 970,704 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 970,704 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 27 28 36 42 48 54 56 63 72 81 84 107 108 112 126 144 162 168 189 214 216 252 321 324 336 378 428 432 504 567 642 648 749 756 856 963 1,008 1,134 1,284 1,296 1,498 1,512 1,712 1,926 2,247 2,268 2,568 2,889 2,996 3,024 3,852 4,494 4,536 5,136 5,778 5,992 6,741 7,704 8,667 8,988 9,072 11,556 11,984 13,482 15,408 17,334 17,976 20,223 23,112 26,964 34,668 35,952 40,446 46,224 53,928 60,669 69,336 80,892 107,856 121,338 138,672 161,784 242,676 323,568 485,352 and 970,704, with no remainder.

Since 970,704 cannot be divided by just 1 and 970,704, 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).