Q: Is 742,014 a Composite Number?

Why is 742,014 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 742,014 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 13 14 18 21 26 27 39 42 54 63 78 91 117 126 151 182 189 234 273 302 351 378 453 546 702 819 906 1,057 1,359 1,638 1,963 2,114 2,457 2,718 3,171 3,926 4,077 4,914 5,889 6,342 8,154 9,513 11,778 13,741 17,667 19,026 27,482 28,539 35,334 41,223 53,001 57,078 82,446 106,002 123,669 247,338 371,007 and 742,014, with no remainder.

Since 742,014 cannot be divided by just 1 and 742,014, 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).