Q: Is 245,784 a Composite Number?

Why is 245,784 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 245,784 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 11 12 14 19 21 22 24 28 33 38 42 44 49 56 57 66 76 77 84 88 98 114 132 133 147 152 154 168 196 209 228 231 264 266 294 308 392 399 418 456 462 532 539 588 616 627 798 836 924 931 1,064 1,078 1,176 1,254 1,463 1,596 1,617 1,672 1,848 1,862 2,156 2,508 2,793 2,926 3,192 3,234 3,724 4,312 4,389 5,016 5,586 5,852 6,468 7,448 8,778 10,241 11,172 11,704 12,936 17,556 20,482 22,344 30,723 35,112 40,964 61,446 81,928 122,892 and 245,784, with no remainder.

Since 245,784 cannot be divided by just 1 and 245,784, 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).