Q: Is 748,176 a Composite Number?

Why is 748,176 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 748,176 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 13 16 22 24 26 33 39 44 48 52 66 78 88 104 109 132 143 156 176 208 218 264 286 312 327 429 436 528 572 624 654 858 872 1,144 1,199 1,308 1,417 1,716 1,744 2,288 2,398 2,616 2,834 3,432 3,597 4,251 4,796 5,232 5,668 6,864 7,194 8,502 9,592 11,336 14,388 15,587 17,004 19,184 22,672 28,776 31,174 34,008 46,761 57,552 62,348 68,016 93,522 124,696 187,044 249,392 374,088 and 748,176, with no remainder.

Since 748,176 cannot be divided by just 1 and 748,176, 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).