Q: Is 714,096 a Composite Number?

Why is 714,096 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 714,096 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 19 24 27 29 36 38 48 54 57 58 72 76 81 87 108 114 116 144 152 162 171 174 216 228 232 261 304 324 342 348 432 456 464 513 522 551 648 684 696 783 912 1,026 1,044 1,102 1,296 1,368 1,392 1,539 1,566 1,653 2,052 2,088 2,204 2,349 2,736 3,078 3,132 3,306 4,104 4,176 4,408 4,698 4,959 6,156 6,264 6,612 8,208 8,816 9,396 9,918 12,312 12,528 13,224 14,877 18,792 19,836 24,624 26,448 29,754 37,584 39,672 44,631 59,508 79,344 89,262 119,016 178,524 238,032 357,048 and 714,096, with no remainder.

Since 714,096 cannot be divided by just 1 and 714,096, 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).