Q: Is 834,372 a Composite Number?

Why is 834,372 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 834,372 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 11 12 14 18 21 22 28 33 36 42 43 44 49 63 66 77 84 86 98 99 126 129 132 147 154 172 196 198 231 252 258 294 301 308 387 396 441 462 473 516 539 588 602 693 774 882 903 924 946 1,078 1,204 1,386 1,419 1,548 1,617 1,764 1,806 1,892 2,107 2,156 2,709 2,772 2,838 3,234 3,311 3,612 4,214 4,257 4,851 5,418 5,676 6,321 6,468 6,622 8,428 8,514 9,702 9,933 10,836 12,642 13,244 17,028 18,963 19,404 19,866 23,177 25,284 29,799 37,926 39,732 46,354 59,598 69,531 75,852 92,708 119,196 139,062 208,593 278,124 417,186 and 834,372, with no remainder.

Since 834,372 cannot be divided by just 1 and 834,372, 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).