Q: Is 717,948 a Composite Number?

Why is 717,948 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 717,948 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 11 12 14 18 21 22 28 33 36 37 42 44 49 63 66 74 77 84 98 99 111 126 132 147 148 154 196 198 222 231 252 259 294 308 333 396 407 441 444 462 518 539 588 666 693 777 814 882 924 1,036 1,078 1,221 1,332 1,386 1,554 1,617 1,628 1,764 1,813 2,156 2,331 2,442 2,772 2,849 3,108 3,234 3,626 3,663 4,662 4,851 4,884 5,439 5,698 6,468 7,252 7,326 8,547 9,324 9,702 10,878 11,396 14,652 16,317 17,094 19,404 19,943 21,756 25,641 32,634 34,188 39,886 51,282 59,829 65,268 79,772 102,564 119,658 179,487 239,316 358,974 and 717,948, with no remainder.

Since 717,948 cannot be divided by just 1 and 717,948, 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).