Q: Is 246,840 a Composite Number?

Why is 246,840 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 246,840 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 11 12 15 17 20 22 24 30 33 34 40 44 51 55 60 66 68 85 88 102 110 120 121 132 136 165 170 187 204 220 242 255 264 330 340 363 374 408 440 484 510 561 605 660 680 726 748 935 968 1,020 1,122 1,210 1,320 1,452 1,496 1,815 1,870 2,040 2,057 2,244 2,420 2,805 2,904 3,630 3,740 4,114 4,488 4,840 5,610 6,171 7,260 7,480 8,228 10,285 11,220 12,342 14,520 16,456 20,570 22,440 24,684 30,855 41,140 49,368 61,710 82,280 123,420 and 246,840, with no remainder.

Since 246,840 cannot be divided by just 1 and 246,840, 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).