Q: Is 224,400 a Composite Number?

Why is 224,400 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 224,400 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 11 12 15 16 17 20 22 24 25 30 33 34 40 44 48 50 51 55 60 66 68 75 80 85 88 100 102 110 120 132 136 150 165 170 176 187 200 204 220 240 255 264 272 275 300 330 340 374 400 408 425 440 510 528 550 561 600 660 680 748 816 825 850 880 935 1,020 1,100 1,122 1,200 1,275 1,320 1,360 1,496 1,650 1,700 1,870 2,040 2,200 2,244 2,550 2,640 2,805 2,992 3,300 3,400 3,740 4,080 4,400 4,488 4,675 5,100 5,610 6,600 6,800 7,480 8,976 9,350 10,200 11,220 13,200 14,025 14,960 18,700 20,400 22,440 28,050 37,400 44,880 56,100 74,800 112,200 and 224,400, with no remainder.

Since 224,400 cannot be divided by just 1 and 224,400, 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).