Q: Is 747,684 a Composite Number?

Why is 747,684 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 747,684 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 12 14 18 21 23 27 28 36 42 43 46 54 63 69 84 86 92 108 126 129 138 161 172 189 207 252 258 276 301 322 378 387 414 483 516 602 621 644 756 774 828 903 966 989 1,161 1,204 1,242 1,449 1,548 1,806 1,932 1,978 2,322 2,484 2,709 2,898 2,967 3,612 3,956 4,347 4,644 5,418 5,796 5,934 6,923 8,127 8,694 8,901 10,836 11,868 13,846 16,254 17,388 17,802 20,769 26,703 27,692 32,508 35,604 41,538 53,406 62,307 83,076 106,812 124,614 186,921 249,228 373,842 and 747,684, with no remainder.

Since 747,684 cannot be divided by just 1 and 747,684, 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).