Q: Is 741,936 a Composite Number?

Why is 741,936 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 741,936 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 16 24 26 29 39 41 48 52 58 78 82 87 104 116 123 156 164 174 208 232 246 312 328 348 377 464 492 533 624 656 696 754 984 1,066 1,131 1,189 1,392 1,508 1,599 1,968 2,132 2,262 2,378 3,016 3,198 3,567 4,264 4,524 4,756 6,032 6,396 7,134 8,528 9,048 9,512 12,792 14,268 15,457 18,096 19,024 25,584 28,536 30,914 46,371 57,072 61,828 92,742 123,656 185,484 247,312 370,968 and 741,936, with no remainder.

Since 741,936 cannot be divided by just 1 and 741,936, 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).