Q: Is 762,552 a Composite Number?

Why is 762,552 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 762,552 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 17 18 21 24 28 34 36 42 51 56 63 68 72 84 89 102 119 126 136 153 168 178 204 238 252 267 306 356 357 408 476 504 534 612 623 712 714 801 952 1,068 1,071 1,224 1,246 1,428 1,513 1,602 1,869 2,136 2,142 2,492 2,856 3,026 3,204 3,738 4,284 4,539 4,984 5,607 6,052 6,408 7,476 8,568 9,078 10,591 11,214 12,104 13,617 14,952 18,156 21,182 22,428 27,234 31,773 36,312 42,364 44,856 54,468 63,546 84,728 95,319 108,936 127,092 190,638 254,184 381,276 and 762,552, with no remainder.

Since 762,552 cannot be divided by just 1 and 762,552, 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).