Q: Is 713,232 a Composite Number?

Why is 713,232 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 713,232 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 16 18 24 26 27 36 39 48 52 54 72 78 104 108 117 127 144 156 208 216 234 254 312 351 381 432 468 508 624 702 762 936 1,016 1,143 1,404 1,524 1,651 1,872 2,032 2,286 2,808 3,048 3,302 3,429 4,572 4,953 5,616 6,096 6,604 6,858 9,144 9,906 13,208 13,716 14,859 18,288 19,812 26,416 27,432 29,718 39,624 44,577 54,864 59,436 79,248 89,154 118,872 178,308 237,744 356,616 and 713,232, with no remainder.

Since 713,232 cannot be divided by just 1 and 713,232, 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).