Q: Is 115,830 a Composite Number?

Why is 115,830 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 115,830 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 9 10 11 13 15 18 22 26 27 30 33 39 45 54 55 65 66 78 81 90 99 110 117 130 135 143 162 165 195 198 234 270 286 297 330 351 390 405 429 495 585 594 702 715 810 858 891 990 1,053 1,170 1,287 1,430 1,485 1,755 1,782 2,106 2,145 2,574 2,970 3,510 3,861 4,290 4,455 5,265 6,435 7,722 8,910 10,530 11,583 12,870 19,305 23,166 38,610 57,915 and 115,830, with no remainder.

Since 115,830 cannot be divided by just 1 and 115,830, 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).