Q: Is 743,652 a Composite Number?

Why is 743,652 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 743,652 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 12 13 14 18 21 26 28 36 39 42 52 63 78 84 91 117 126 156 182 227 234 252 273 364 454 468 546 681 819 908 1,092 1,362 1,589 1,638 2,043 2,724 2,951 3,178 3,276 4,086 4,767 5,902 6,356 8,172 8,853 9,534 11,804 14,301 17,706 19,068 20,657 26,559 28,602 35,412 41,314 53,118 57,204 61,971 82,628 106,236 123,942 185,913 247,884 371,826 and 743,652, with no remainder.

Since 743,652 cannot be divided by just 1 and 743,652, 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).