Q: Is 770,796 a Composite Number?

Why is 770,796 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 770,796 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 13 18 26 27 36 39 52 54 61 78 81 108 117 122 156 162 183 234 243 244 324 351 366 468 486 549 702 732 793 972 1,053 1,098 1,404 1,586 1,647 2,106 2,196 2,379 3,159 3,172 3,294 4,212 4,758 4,941 6,318 6,588 7,137 9,516 9,882 12,636 14,274 14,823 19,764 21,411 28,548 29,646 42,822 59,292 64,233 85,644 128,466 192,699 256,932 385,398 and 770,796, with no remainder.

Since 770,796 cannot be divided by just 1 and 770,796, 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).