Q: Is 702,576 a Composite Number?

Why is 702,576 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 702,576 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 17 18 21 24 28 34 36 41 42 48 51 56 63 68 72 82 84 102 112 119 123 126 136 144 153 164 168 204 238 246 252 272 287 306 328 336 357 369 408 476 492 504 574 612 656 697 714 738 816 861 952 984 1,008 1,071 1,148 1,224 1,394 1,428 1,476 1,722 1,904 1,968 2,091 2,142 2,296 2,448 2,583 2,788 2,856 2,952 3,444 4,182 4,284 4,592 4,879 5,166 5,576 5,712 5,904 6,273 6,888 8,364 8,568 9,758 10,332 11,152 12,546 13,776 14,637 16,728 17,136 19,516 20,664 25,092 29,274 33,456 39,032 41,328 43,911 50,184 58,548 78,064 87,822 100,368 117,096 175,644 234,192 351,288 and 702,576, with no remainder.

Since 702,576 cannot be divided by just 1 and 702,576, 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).