Q: Is 708,708 a Composite Number?

Why is 708,708 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 708,708 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 11 12 13 14 21 22 26 28 33 39 42 44 52 59 66 77 78 84 91 118 132 143 154 156 177 182 231 236 273 286 308 354 364 413 429 462 546 572 649 708 767 826 858 924 1,001 1,092 1,239 1,298 1,534 1,652 1,716 1,947 2,002 2,301 2,478 2,596 3,003 3,068 3,894 4,004 4,543 4,602 4,956 5,369 6,006 7,788 8,437 9,086 9,204 10,738 12,012 13,629 16,107 16,874 18,172 21,476 25,311 27,258 32,214 33,748 50,622 54,516 59,059 64,428 101,244 118,118 177,177 236,236 354,354 and 708,708, with no remainder.

Since 708,708 cannot be divided by just 1 and 708,708, 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).