Q: Is 714,168 a Composite Number?

Why is 714,168 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 714,168 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 13 14 18 21 24 26 28 36 39 42 52 56 63 72 78 84 91 104 109 117 126 156 168 182 218 234 252 273 312 327 364 436 468 504 546 654 728 763 819 872 936 981 1,092 1,308 1,417 1,526 1,638 1,962 2,184 2,289 2,616 2,834 3,052 3,276 3,924 4,251 4,578 5,668 6,104 6,552 6,867 7,848 8,502 9,156 9,919 11,336 12,753 13,734 17,004 18,312 19,838 25,506 27,468 29,757 34,008 39,676 51,012 54,936 59,514 79,352 89,271 102,024 119,028 178,542 238,056 357,084 and 714,168, with no remainder.

Since 714,168 cannot be divided by just 1 and 714,168, 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).