Q: Is 956,736 a Composite Number?

Why is 956,736 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 956,736 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 16 18 22 24 32 33 36 44 48 64 66 72 88 96 99 132 144 151 176 192 198 264 288 302 352 396 453 528 576 604 704 792 906 1,056 1,208 1,359 1,584 1,661 1,812 2,112 2,416 2,718 3,168 3,322 3,624 4,832 4,983 5,436 6,336 6,644 7,248 9,664 9,966 10,872 13,288 14,496 14,949 19,932 21,744 26,576 28,992 29,898 39,864 43,488 53,152 59,796 79,728 86,976 106,304 119,592 159,456 239,184 318,912 478,368 and 956,736, with no remainder.

Since 956,736 cannot be divided by just 1 and 956,736, 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).