Q: Is 847,704 a Composite Number?

Why is 847,704 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 847,704 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 13 19 22 24 26 33 38 39 44 52 57 66 76 78 88 104 114 132 143 152 156 169 209 228 247 264 286 312 338 418 429 456 494 507 572 627 676 741 836 858 988 1,014 1,144 1,254 1,352 1,482 1,672 1,716 1,859 1,976 2,028 2,508 2,717 2,964 3,211 3,432 3,718 4,056 5,016 5,434 5,577 5,928 6,422 7,436 8,151 9,633 10,868 11,154 12,844 14,872 16,302 19,266 21,736 22,308 25,688 32,604 35,321 38,532 44,616 65,208 70,642 77,064 105,963 141,284 211,926 282,568 423,852 and 847,704, with no remainder.

Since 847,704 cannot be divided by just 1 and 847,704, 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).