Q: Is 782,936 a Composite Number?

Why is 782,936 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 782,936 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 11 14 22 28 31 41 44 56 62 77 82 88 124 154 164 217 248 287 308 328 341 434 451 574 616 682 868 902 1,148 1,271 1,364 1,736 1,804 2,296 2,387 2,542 2,728 3,157 3,608 4,774 5,084 6,314 8,897 9,548 10,168 12,628 13,981 17,794 19,096 25,256 27,962 35,588 55,924 71,176 97,867 111,848 195,734 391,468 and 782,936, with no remainder.

Since 782,936 cannot be divided by just 1 and 782,936, 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).