Q: Is 794,808 a Composite Number?

Why is 794,808 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 794,808 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 18 19 21 24 28 36 38 42 56 57 63 72 76 83 84 114 126 133 152 166 168 171 228 249 252 266 332 342 399 456 498 504 532 581 664 684 747 798 996 1,064 1,162 1,197 1,368 1,494 1,577 1,596 1,743 1,992 2,324 2,394 2,988 3,154 3,192 3,486 4,648 4,731 4,788 5,229 5,976 6,308 6,972 9,462 9,576 10,458 11,039 12,616 13,944 14,193 18,924 20,916 22,078 28,386 33,117 37,848 41,832 44,156 56,772 66,234 88,312 99,351 113,544 132,468 198,702 264,936 397,404 and 794,808, with no remainder.

Since 794,808 cannot be divided by just 1 and 794,808, 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).