Q: Is 705,936 a Composite Number?

Why is 705,936 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 705,936 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 11 12 14 16 21 22 24 28 33 42 44 48 56 66 77 84 88 112 132 154 168 176 191 231 264 308 336 382 462 528 573 616 764 924 1,146 1,232 1,337 1,528 1,848 2,101 2,292 2,674 3,056 3,696 4,011 4,202 4,584 5,348 6,303 8,022 8,404 9,168 10,696 12,606 14,707 16,044 16,808 21,392 25,212 29,414 32,088 33,616 44,121 50,424 58,828 64,176 88,242 100,848 117,656 176,484 235,312 352,968 and 705,936, with no remainder.

Since 705,936 cannot be divided by just 1 and 705,936, 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).