Q: Is 925,740 a Composite Number?

Why is 925,740 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 925,740 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 15 18 20 30 36 37 45 60 74 90 111 139 148 180 185 222 278 333 370 417 444 555 556 666 695 740 834 1,110 1,251 1,332 1,390 1,665 1,668 2,085 2,220 2,502 2,780 3,330 4,170 5,004 5,143 6,255 6,660 8,340 10,286 12,510 15,429 20,572 25,020 25,715 30,858 46,287 51,430 61,716 77,145 92,574 102,860 154,290 185,148 231,435 308,580 462,870 and 925,740, with no remainder.

Since 925,740 cannot be divided by just 1 and 925,740, 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).