Q: Is 784,944 a Composite Number?

Why is 784,944 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 784,944 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 23 24 27 36 46 48 54 69 72 79 92 108 138 144 158 184 207 216 237 276 316 368 414 432 474 552 621 632 711 828 948 1,104 1,242 1,264 1,422 1,656 1,817 1,896 2,133 2,484 2,844 3,312 3,634 3,792 4,266 4,968 5,451 5,688 7,268 8,532 9,936 10,902 11,376 14,536 16,353 17,064 21,804 29,072 32,706 34,128 43,608 49,059 65,412 87,216 98,118 130,824 196,236 261,648 392,472 and 784,944, with no remainder.

Since 784,944 cannot be divided by just 1 and 784,944, 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).