Q: Is 694,656 a Composite Number?

Why is 694,656 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 694,656 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 32 36 48 54 64 67 72 81 96 108 128 134 144 162 192 201 216 268 288 324 384 402 432 536 576 603 648 804 864 1,072 1,152 1,206 1,296 1,608 1,728 1,809 2,144 2,412 2,592 3,216 3,456 3,618 4,288 4,824 5,184 5,427 6,432 7,236 8,576 9,648 10,368 10,854 12,864 14,472 19,296 21,708 25,728 28,944 38,592 43,416 57,888 77,184 86,832 115,776 173,664 231,552 347,328 and 694,656, with no remainder.

Since 694,656 cannot be divided by just 1 and 694,656, 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).