Q: Is 78,792 a Composite Number?

 A: Yes, 78,792 is a composite number.

Why is 78,792 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 78,792 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 21 24 28 42 49 56 67 84 98 134 147 168 196 201 268 294 392 402 469 536 588 804 938 1,176 1,407 1,608 1,876 2,814 3,283 3,752 5,628 6,566 9,849 11,256 13,132 19,698 26,264 39,396 and 78,792, with no remainder.

Since 78,792 cannot be divided by just 1 and 78,792, 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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