Q: Is 917,748 a Composite Number?

Why is 917,748 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 917,748 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 13 18 26 36 37 39 52 53 74 78 106 111 117 148 156 159 212 222 234 318 333 444 468 477 481 636 666 689 954 962 1,332 1,378 1,443 1,908 1,924 1,961 2,067 2,756 2,886 3,922 4,134 4,329 5,772 5,883 6,201 7,844 8,268 8,658 11,766 12,402 17,316 17,649 23,532 24,804 25,493 35,298 50,986 70,596 76,479 101,972 152,958 229,437 305,916 458,874 and 917,748, with no remainder.

Since 917,748 cannot be divided by just 1 and 917,748, 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).