Q: Is 696,672 a Composite Number?

Why is 696,672 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 696,672 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 32 36 41 48 59 72 82 96 118 123 144 164 177 236 246 288 328 354 369 472 492 531 656 708 738 944 984 1,062 1,312 1,416 1,476 1,888 1,968 2,124 2,419 2,832 2,952 3,936 4,248 4,838 5,664 5,904 7,257 8,496 9,676 11,808 14,514 16,992 19,352 21,771 29,028 38,704 43,542 58,056 77,408 87,084 116,112 174,168 232,224 348,336 and 696,672, with no remainder.

Since 696,672 cannot be divided by just 1 and 696,672, 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).