Q: Is 779,790 a Composite Number?

Why is 779,790 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 779,790 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 10 11 15 17 22 30 33 34 51 55 66 85 102 110 139 165 170 187 255 278 330 374 417 510 561 695 834 935 1,122 1,390 1,529 1,870 2,085 2,363 2,805 3,058 4,170 4,587 4,726 5,610 7,089 7,645 9,174 11,815 14,178 15,290 22,935 23,630 25,993 35,445 45,870 51,986 70,890 77,979 129,965 155,958 259,930 389,895 and 779,790, with no remainder.

Since 779,790 cannot be divided by just 1 and 779,790, 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).