Q: Is 666,792 a Composite Number?

Why is 666,792 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 666,792 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 18 21 24 27 28 36 42 49 54 56 63 72 81 84 98 108 126 147 162 168 189 196 216 243 252 294 324 343 378 392 441 486 504 567 588 648 686 756 882 972 1,029 1,134 1,176 1,323 1,372 1,512 1,701 1,764 1,944 2,058 2,268 2,646 2,744 3,087 3,402 3,528 3,969 4,116 4,536 5,292 6,174 6,804 7,938 8,232 9,261 10,584 11,907 12,348 13,608 15,876 18,522 23,814 24,696 27,783 31,752 37,044 47,628 55,566 74,088 83,349 95,256 111,132 166,698 222,264 333,396 and 666,792, with no remainder.

Since 666,792 cannot be divided by just 1 and 666,792, 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).