Q: Is 716,496 a Composite Number?

Why is 716,496 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 716,496 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 16 22 23 24 33 44 46 48 59 66 69 88 92 118 132 138 176 177 184 236 253 264 276 354 368 472 506 528 552 649 708 759 944 1,012 1,104 1,298 1,357 1,416 1,518 1,947 2,024 2,596 2,714 2,832 3,036 3,894 4,048 4,071 5,192 5,428 6,072 7,788 8,142 10,384 10,856 12,144 14,927 15,576 16,284 21,712 29,854 31,152 32,568 44,781 59,708 65,136 89,562 119,416 179,124 238,832 358,248 and 716,496, with no remainder.

Since 716,496 cannot be divided by just 1 and 716,496, 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).