Q: Is 130,560 a Composite Number?

Why is 130,560 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 130,560 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 17 20 24 30 32 34 40 48 51 60 64 68 80 85 96 102 120 128 136 160 170 192 204 240 255 256 272 320 340 384 408 480 510 512 544 640 680 768 816 960 1,020 1,088 1,280 1,360 1,536 1,632 1,920 2,040 2,176 2,560 2,720 3,264 3,840 4,080 4,352 5,440 6,528 7,680 8,160 8,704 10,880 13,056 16,320 21,760 26,112 32,640 43,520 65,280 and 130,560, with no remainder.

Since 130,560 cannot be divided by just 1 and 130,560, 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).