Q: Is 890,736 a Composite Number?

Why is 890,736 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 890,736 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 11 12 14 16 21 22 24 28 33 42 44 48 56 66 77 84 88 112 132 154 168 176 231 241 264 308 336 462 482 528 616 723 924 964 1,232 1,446 1,687 1,848 1,928 2,651 2,892 3,374 3,696 3,856 5,061 5,302 5,784 6,748 7,953 10,122 10,604 11,568 13,496 15,906 18,557 20,244 21,208 26,992 31,812 37,114 40,488 42,416 55,671 63,624 74,228 80,976 111,342 127,248 148,456 222,684 296,912 445,368 and 890,736, with no remainder.

Since 890,736 cannot be divided by just 1 and 890,736, 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).