Q: Is 805,752 a Composite Number?

Why is 805,752 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 805,752 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 19 24 31 36 38 57 62 72 76 93 114 124 152 171 186 228 248 279 342 361 372 456 558 589 684 722 744 1,083 1,116 1,178 1,368 1,444 1,767 2,166 2,232 2,356 2,888 3,249 3,534 4,332 4,712 5,301 6,498 7,068 8,664 10,602 11,191 12,996 14,136 21,204 22,382 25,992 33,573 42,408 44,764 67,146 89,528 100,719 134,292 201,438 268,584 402,876 and 805,752, with no remainder.

Since 805,752 cannot be divided by just 1 and 805,752, 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).