Q: Is 716,562 a Composite Number?

Why is 716,562 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 716,562 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 11 14 18 21 22 33 42 47 63 66 77 94 99 121 126 141 154 198 231 242 282 329 363 423 462 517 658 693 726 846 847 987 1,034 1,089 1,386 1,551 1,694 1,974 2,178 2,541 2,961 3,102 3,619 4,653 5,082 5,687 5,922 7,238 7,623 9,306 10,857 11,374 15,246 17,061 21,714 32,571 34,122 39,809 51,183 65,142 79,618 102,366 119,427 238,854 358,281 and 716,562, with no remainder.

Since 716,562 cannot be divided by just 1 and 716,562, 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).