Q: Is 240,000 a Composite Number?

Why is 240,000 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 240,000 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 25 30 32 40 48 50 60 64 75 80 96 100 120 125 128 150 160 192 200 240 250 300 320 375 384 400 480 500 600 625 640 750 800 960 1,000 1,200 1,250 1,500 1,600 1,875 1,920 2,000 2,400 2,500 3,000 3,200 3,750 4,000 4,800 5,000 6,000 7,500 8,000 9,600 10,000 12,000 15,000 16,000 20,000 24,000 30,000 40,000 48,000 60,000 80,000 120,000 and 240,000, with no remainder.

Since 240,000 cannot be divided by just 1 and 240,000, 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).