Q: Is 747,630 a Composite Number?

Why is 747,630 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 747,630 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 9 10 13 15 18 26 27 30 39 45 54 65 71 78 81 90 117 130 135 142 162 195 213 234 270 351 355 390 405 426 585 639 702 710 810 923 1,053 1,065 1,170 1,278 1,755 1,846 1,917 2,106 2,130 2,769 3,195 3,510 3,834 4,615 5,265 5,538 5,751 6,390 8,307 9,230 9,585 10,530 11,502 13,845 16,614 19,170 24,921 27,690 28,755 41,535 49,842 57,510 74,763 83,070 124,605 149,526 249,210 373,815 and 747,630, with no remainder.

Since 747,630 cannot be divided by just 1 and 747,630, 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).