Q: Is 757,152 a Composite Number?

Why is 757,152 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 757,152 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 16 18 22 24 32 33 36 44 48 66 72 88 96 99 132 144 176 198 239 264 288 352 396 478 528 717 792 956 1,056 1,434 1,584 1,912 2,151 2,629 2,868 3,168 3,824 4,302 5,258 5,736 7,648 7,887 8,604 10,516 11,472 15,774 17,208 21,032 22,944 23,661 31,548 34,416 42,064 47,322 63,096 68,832 84,128 94,644 126,192 189,288 252,384 378,576 and 757,152, with no remainder.

Since 757,152 cannot be divided by just 1 and 757,152, 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).