Q: Is 776,736 a Composite Number?

Why is 776,736 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 776,736 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 29 31 32 36 48 54 58 62 72 87 93 96 108 116 124 144 174 186 216 232 248 261 279 288 348 372 432 464 496 522 558 696 744 783 837 864 899 928 992 1,044 1,116 1,392 1,488 1,566 1,674 1,798 2,088 2,232 2,697 2,784 2,976 3,132 3,348 3,596 4,176 4,464 5,394 6,264 6,696 7,192 8,091 8,352 8,928 10,788 12,528 13,392 14,384 16,182 21,576 24,273 25,056 26,784 28,768 32,364 43,152 48,546 64,728 86,304 97,092 129,456 194,184 258,912 388,368 and 776,736, with no remainder.

Since 776,736 cannot be divided by just 1 and 776,736, 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).