Q: Is 775,008 a Composite Number?

Why is 775,008 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 775,008 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 16 18 23 24 26 27 32 36 39 46 48 52 54 69 72 78 81 92 96 104 108 117 138 144 156 162 184 207 208 216 234 276 288 299 312 324 351 368 414 416 432 468 552 598 621 624 648 702 736 828 864 897 936 1,053 1,104 1,196 1,242 1,248 1,296 1,404 1,656 1,794 1,863 1,872 2,106 2,208 2,392 2,484 2,592 2,691 2,808 3,312 3,588 3,726 3,744 4,212 4,784 4,968 5,382 5,616 6,624 7,176 7,452 8,073 8,424 9,568 9,936 10,764 11,232 14,352 14,904 16,146 16,848 19,872 21,528 24,219 28,704 29,808 32,292 33,696 43,056 48,438 59,616 64,584 86,112 96,876 129,168 193,752 258,336 387,504 and 775,008, with no remainder.

Since 775,008 cannot be divided by just 1 and 775,008, 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).