Q: Is 794,112 a Composite Number?

Why is 794,112 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 794,112 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 16 22 24 32 33 44 47 48 64 66 88 94 96 128 132 141 176 188 192 256 264 282 352 376 384 512 517 528 564 704 752 768 1,034 1,056 1,128 1,408 1,504 1,536 1,551 2,068 2,112 2,256 2,816 3,008 3,102 4,136 4,224 4,512 5,632 6,016 6,204 8,272 8,448 9,024 12,032 12,408 16,544 16,896 18,048 24,064 24,816 33,088 36,096 49,632 66,176 72,192 99,264 132,352 198,528 264,704 397,056 and 794,112, with no remainder.

Since 794,112 cannot be divided by just 1 and 794,112, 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).