Q: Is 782,136 a Composite Number?

Why is 782,136 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 782,136 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 17 18 24 27 34 36 51 54 68 71 72 81 102 108 136 142 153 162 204 213 216 284 306 324 408 426 459 568 612 639 648 852 918 1,207 1,224 1,278 1,377 1,704 1,836 1,917 2,414 2,556 2,754 3,621 3,672 3,834 4,828 5,112 5,508 5,751 7,242 7,668 9,656 10,863 11,016 11,502 14,484 15,336 21,726 23,004 28,968 32,589 43,452 46,008 65,178 86,904 97,767 130,356 195,534 260,712 391,068 and 782,136, with no remainder.

Since 782,136 cannot be divided by just 1 and 782,136, 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).