Q: Is 746,304 a Composite Number?

Why is 746,304 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 746,304 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 16 23 24 26 32 39 46 48 52 64 69 78 92 96 104 138 156 169 184 192 208 276 299 312 338 368 416 507 552 598 624 676 736 832 897 1,014 1,104 1,196 1,248 1,352 1,472 1,794 2,028 2,208 2,392 2,496 2,704 3,588 3,887 4,056 4,416 4,784 5,408 7,176 7,774 8,112 9,568 10,816 11,661 14,352 15,548 16,224 19,136 23,322 28,704 31,096 32,448 46,644 57,408 62,192 93,288 124,384 186,576 248,768 373,152 and 746,304, with no remainder.

Since 746,304 cannot be divided by just 1 and 746,304, 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).