Q: Is 778,464 a Composite Number?

Why is 778,464 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 778,464 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 17 18 24 27 32 34 36 48 51 53 54 68 72 96 102 106 108 136 144 153 159 204 212 216 272 288 306 318 408 424 432 459 477 544 612 636 816 848 864 901 918 954 1,224 1,272 1,431 1,632 1,696 1,802 1,836 1,908 2,448 2,544 2,703 2,862 3,604 3,672 3,816 4,896 5,088 5,406 5,724 7,208 7,344 7,632 8,109 10,812 11,448 14,416 14,688 15,264 16,218 21,624 22,896 24,327 28,832 32,436 43,248 45,792 48,654 64,872 86,496 97,308 129,744 194,616 259,488 389,232 and 778,464, with no remainder.

Since 778,464 cannot be divided by just 1 and 778,464, 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).