Q: Is 763,224 a Composite Number?

Why is 763,224 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 763,224 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 11 12 14 21 22 24 28 33 42 44 49 56 59 66 77 84 88 98 118 132 147 154 168 177 196 231 236 264 294 308 354 392 413 462 472 539 588 616 649 708 826 924 1,078 1,176 1,239 1,298 1,416 1,617 1,652 1,848 1,947 2,156 2,478 2,596 2,891 3,234 3,304 3,894 4,312 4,543 4,956 5,192 5,782 6,468 7,788 8,673 9,086 9,912 11,564 12,936 13,629 15,576 17,346 18,172 23,128 27,258 31,801 34,692 36,344 54,516 63,602 69,384 95,403 109,032 127,204 190,806 254,408 381,612 and 763,224, with no remainder.

Since 763,224 cannot be divided by just 1 and 763,224, 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).