Q: Is 726,323,676 a Composite Number?

Why is 726,323,676 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 726,323,676 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 12 13 26 29 31 39 52 58 62 78 87 93 116 124 156 174 186 348 372 377 403 754 806 899 1,131 1,209 1,508 1,612 1,798 2,262 2,418 2,697 3,596 4,524 4,836 5,179 5,394 10,358 10,788 11,687 15,537 20,716 23,374 31,074 35,061 46,748 62,148 67,327 70,122 134,654 140,244 150,191 160,549 201,981 269,308 300,382 321,098 403,962 450,573 481,647 600,764 642,196 807,924 901,146 963,294 1,802,292 1,926,588 1,952,483 2,087,137 3,904,966 4,174,274 4,655,921 5,857,449 6,261,411 7,809,932 8,348,548 9,311,842 11,714,898 12,522,822 13,967,763 18,623,684 23,429,796 25,045,644 27,935,526 55,871,052 60,526,973 121,053,946 181,580,919 242,107,892 363,161,838 and 726,323,676, with no remainder.

Since 726,323,676 cannot be divided by just 1 and 726,323,676, 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).