Q: Is 697,872 a Composite Number?

Why is 697,872 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 697,872 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 31 42 48 56 62 67 84 93 112 124 134 168 186 201 217 248 268 336 372 402 434 469 496 536 651 744 804 868 938 1,072 1,302 1,407 1,488 1,608 1,736 1,876 2,077 2,604 2,814 3,216 3,472 3,752 4,154 5,208 5,628 6,231 7,504 8,308 10,416 11,256 12,462 14,539 16,616 22,512 24,924 29,078 33,232 43,617 49,848 58,156 87,234 99,696 116,312 174,468 232,624 348,936 and 697,872, with no remainder.

Since 697,872 cannot be divided by just 1 and 697,872, 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).