Q: Is 78,736 a Composite Number?

 A: Yes, 78,736 is a composite number.

Why is 78,736 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 78,736 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 19 28 37 38 56 74 76 112 133 148 152 259 266 296 304 518 532 592 703 1,036 1,064 1,406 2,072 2,128 2,812 4,144 4,921 5,624 9,842 11,248 19,684 39,368 and 78,736, with no remainder.

Since 78,736 cannot be divided by just 1 and 78,736, it is a composite number.


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  • All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).

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