Q: Is 757,944 a Composite Number?

Why is 757,944 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 757,944 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 18 22 24 27 29 33 36 44 54 58 66 72 87 88 99 108 116 121 132 174 198 216 232 242 261 264 297 319 348 363 396 484 522 594 638 696 726 783 792 957 968 1,044 1,089 1,188 1,276 1,452 1,566 1,914 2,088 2,178 2,376 2,552 2,871 2,904 3,132 3,267 3,509 3,828 4,356 5,742 6,264 6,534 7,018 7,656 8,613 8,712 10,527 11,484 13,068 14,036 17,226 21,054 22,968 26,136 28,072 31,581 34,452 42,108 63,162 68,904 84,216 94,743 126,324 189,486 252,648 378,972 and 757,944, with no remainder.

Since 757,944 cannot be divided by just 1 and 757,944, 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).