Q: Is 898,776 a Composite Number?

Why is 898,776 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 898,776 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 19 24 27 36 38 54 57 72 73 76 81 108 114 146 152 162 171 216 219 228 292 324 342 438 456 513 584 648 657 684 876 1,026 1,314 1,368 1,387 1,539 1,752 1,971 2,052 2,628 2,774 3,078 3,942 4,104 4,161 5,256 5,548 5,913 6,156 7,884 8,322 11,096 11,826 12,312 12,483 15,768 16,644 23,652 24,966 33,288 37,449 47,304 49,932 74,898 99,864 112,347 149,796 224,694 299,592 449,388 and 898,776, with no remainder.

Since 898,776 cannot be divided by just 1 and 898,776, 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).