Q: Is 871,794 a Composite Number?

Why is 871,794 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 871,794 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 11 14 17 18 21 22 33 34 37 42 51 63 66 74 77 99 102 111 119 126 153 154 187 198 222 231 238 259 306 333 357 374 407 462 518 561 629 666 693 714 777 814 1,071 1,122 1,221 1,258 1,309 1,386 1,554 1,683 1,887 2,142 2,331 2,442 2,618 2,849 3,366 3,663 3,774 3,927 4,403 4,662 5,661 5,698 6,919 7,326 7,854 8,547 8,806 11,322 11,781 13,209 13,838 17,094 20,757 23,562 25,641 26,418 39,627 41,514 48,433 51,282 62,271 79,254 96,866 124,542 145,299 290,598 435,897 and 871,794, with no remainder.

Since 871,794 cannot be divided by just 1 and 871,794, 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).