Q: Is 857,736 a Composite Number?

Why is 857,736 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 857,736 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 18 19 22 24 27 33 36 38 44 54 57 66 72 76 88 99 108 114 132 152 171 198 209 216 228 264 297 342 361 396 418 456 513 594 627 684 722 792 836 1,026 1,083 1,188 1,254 1,368 1,444 1,672 1,881 2,052 2,166 2,376 2,508 2,888 3,249 3,762 3,971 4,104 4,332 5,016 5,643 6,498 7,524 7,942 8,664 9,747 11,286 11,913 12,996 15,048 15,884 19,494 22,572 23,826 25,992 31,768 35,739 38,988 45,144 47,652 71,478 77,976 95,304 107,217 142,956 214,434 285,912 428,868 and 857,736, with no remainder.

Since 857,736 cannot be divided by just 1 and 857,736, 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).