Q: Is 696,696 a Composite Number?

Why is 696,696 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 696,696 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 11 12 13 14 21 22 24 26 28 29 33 39 42 44 52 56 58 66 77 78 84 87 88 91 104 116 132 143 154 156 168 174 182 203 231 232 264 273 286 308 312 319 348 364 377 406 429 462 546 572 609 616 638 696 728 754 812 858 924 957 1,001 1,092 1,131 1,144 1,218 1,276 1,508 1,624 1,716 1,848 1,914 2,002 2,184 2,233 2,262 2,436 2,552 2,639 3,003 3,016 3,432 3,828 4,004 4,147 4,466 4,524 4,872 5,278 6,006 6,699 7,656 7,917 8,008 8,294 8,932 9,048 10,556 12,012 12,441 13,398 15,834 16,588 17,864 21,112 24,024 24,882 26,796 29,029 31,668 33,176 49,764 53,592 58,058 63,336 87,087 99,528 116,116 174,174 232,232 348,348 and 696,696, with no remainder.

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