Q: Is 749,736 a Composite Number?

Why is 749,736 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 749,736 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 18 24 26 27 36 39 52 54 72 78 81 89 104 108 117 156 162 178 216 234 267 312 324 351 356 468 534 648 702 712 801 936 1,053 1,068 1,157 1,404 1,602 2,106 2,136 2,314 2,403 2,808 3,204 3,471 4,212 4,628 4,806 6,408 6,942 7,209 8,424 9,256 9,612 10,413 13,884 14,418 19,224 20,826 27,768 28,836 31,239 41,652 57,672 62,478 83,304 93,717 124,956 187,434 249,912 374,868 and 749,736, with no remainder.

Since 749,736 cannot be divided by just 1 and 749,736, 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).