Q: Is 1,968,000 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,968,000 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 1,968,000 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 25 30 32 40 41 48 50 60 64 75 80 82 96 100 120 123 125 128 150 160 164 192 200 205 240 246 250 300 320 328 375 384 400 410 480 492 500 600 615 640 656 750 800 820 960 984 1,000 1,025 1,200 1,230 1,312 1,500 1,600 1,640 1,920 1,968 2,000 2,050 2,400 2,460 2,624 3,000 3,075 3,200 3,280 3,936 4,000 4,100 4,800 4,920 5,125 5,248 6,000 6,150 6,560 7,872 8,000 8,200 9,600 9,840 10,250 12,000 12,300 13,120 15,375 15,744 16,000 16,400 19,680 20,500 24,000 24,600 26,240 30,750 32,800 39,360 41,000 48,000 49,200 61,500 65,600 78,720 82,000 98,400 123,000 131,200 164,000 196,800 246,000 328,000 393,600 492,000 656,000 984,000 and 1,968,000, with no remainder.

Since 1,968,000 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,968,000, 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).