Q: Is 833,976 a Composite Number?

Why is 833,976 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 833,976 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 13 18 22 24 26 27 33 36 39 44 52 54 66 72 78 81 88 99 104 108 117 132 143 156 162 198 216 234 243 264 286 297 312 324 351 396 429 468 486 572 594 648 702 729 792 858 891 936 972 1,053 1,144 1,188 1,287 1,404 1,458 1,716 1,782 1,944 2,106 2,376 2,574 2,673 2,808 2,916 3,159 3,432 3,564 3,861 4,212 5,148 5,346 5,832 6,318 7,128 7,722 8,019 8,424 9,477 10,296 10,692 11,583 12,636 15,444 16,038 18,954 21,384 23,166 25,272 30,888 32,076 34,749 37,908 46,332 64,152 69,498 75,816 92,664 104,247 138,996 208,494 277,992 416,988 and 833,976, with no remainder.

Since 833,976 cannot be divided by just 1 and 833,976, 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).