Q: Is 746,856 a Composite Number?

Why is 746,856 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 746,856 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 18 22 23 24 33 36 41 44 46 66 69 72 82 88 92 99 123 132 138 164 184 198 207 246 253 264 276 328 369 396 414 451 492 506 552 738 759 792 828 902 943 984 1,012 1,353 1,476 1,518 1,656 1,804 1,886 2,024 2,277 2,706 2,829 2,952 3,036 3,608 3,772 4,059 4,554 5,412 5,658 6,072 7,544 8,118 8,487 9,108 10,373 10,824 11,316 16,236 16,974 18,216 20,746 22,632 31,119 32,472 33,948 41,492 62,238 67,896 82,984 93,357 124,476 186,714 248,952 373,428 and 746,856, with no remainder.

Since 746,856 cannot be divided by just 1 and 746,856, 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).