Q: Is 784,896 a Composite Number?

Why is 784,896 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 784,896 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 32 42 48 56 64 73 84 96 112 128 146 168 192 219 224 256 292 336 384 438 448 511 512 584 672 768 876 896 1,022 1,168 1,344 1,533 1,536 1,752 1,792 2,044 2,336 2,688 3,066 3,504 3,584 4,088 4,672 5,376 6,132 7,008 8,176 9,344 10,752 12,264 14,016 16,352 18,688 24,528 28,032 32,704 37,376 49,056 56,064 65,408 98,112 112,128 130,816 196,224 261,632 392,448 and 784,896, with no remainder.

Since 784,896 cannot be divided by just 1 and 784,896, 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).