Q: Is 787,878 a Composite Number?

Why is 787,878 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 787,878 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 13 14 18 21 26 37 39 42 63 74 78 91 111 117 126 169 182 222 234 259 273 333 338 481 507 518 546 666 777 819 962 1,014 1,183 1,443 1,521 1,554 1,638 2,331 2,366 2,886 3,042 3,367 3,549 4,329 4,662 6,253 6,734 7,098 8,658 10,101 10,647 12,506 18,759 20,202 21,294 30,303 37,518 43,771 56,277 60,606 87,542 112,554 131,313 262,626 393,939 and 787,878, with no remainder.

Since 787,878 cannot be divided by just 1 and 787,878, 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).