Q: Is 759,528 a Composite Number?

Why is 759,528 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 759,528 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 11 12 14 18 21 22 24 28 33 36 42 44 56 63 66 72 77 84 88 99 126 132 137 154 168 198 231 252 264 274 308 396 411 462 504 548 616 693 792 822 924 959 1,096 1,233 1,386 1,507 1,644 1,848 1,918 2,466 2,772 2,877 3,014 3,288 3,836 4,521 4,932 5,544 5,754 6,028 7,672 8,631 9,042 9,864 10,549 11,508 12,056 13,563 17,262 18,084 21,098 23,016 27,126 31,647 34,524 36,168 42,196 54,252 63,294 69,048 84,392 94,941 108,504 126,588 189,882 253,176 379,764 and 759,528, with no remainder.

Since 759,528 cannot be divided by just 1 and 759,528, 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).