Q: Is 1,760,000 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,760,000 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 1,760,000 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 11 16 20 22 25 32 40 44 50 55 64 80 88 100 110 125 128 160 176 200 220 250 256 275 320 352 400 440 500 550 625 640 704 800 880 1,000 1,100 1,250 1,280 1,375 1,408 1,600 1,760 2,000 2,200 2,500 2,750 2,816 3,200 3,520 4,000 4,400 5,000 5,500 6,400 6,875 7,040 8,000 8,800 10,000 11,000 13,750 14,080 16,000 17,600 20,000 22,000 27,500 32,000 35,200 40,000 44,000 55,000 70,400 80,000 88,000 110,000 160,000 176,000 220,000 352,000 440,000 880,000 and 1,760,000, with no remainder.

Since 1,760,000 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,760,000, 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).