Q: Is 875,772 a Composite Number?

Why is 875,772 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 875,772 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 17 18 27 34 36 51 53 54 68 81 102 106 108 153 159 162 204 212 243 306 318 324 459 477 486 612 636 901 918 954 972 1,377 1,431 1,802 1,836 1,908 2,703 2,754 2,862 3,604 4,131 4,293 5,406 5,508 5,724 8,109 8,262 8,586 10,812 12,879 16,218 16,524 17,172 24,327 25,758 32,436 48,654 51,516 72,981 97,308 145,962 218,943 291,924 437,886 and 875,772, with no remainder.

Since 875,772 cannot be divided by just 1 and 875,772, 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).