Q: Is 260,324,520 a Composite Number?

Why is 260,324,520 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 260,324,520 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 40 59 60 83 118 120 166 177 236 249 295 332 354 415 443 472 498 590 664 708 830 885 886 996 1,180 1,245 1,329 1,416 1,660 1,770 1,772 1,992 2,215 2,360 2,490 2,658 3,320 3,540 3,544 4,430 4,897 4,980 5,316 6,645 7,080 8,860 9,794 9,960 10,632 13,290 14,691 17,720 19,588 24,485 26,137 26,580 29,382 36,769 39,176 48,970 52,274 53,160 58,764 73,455 73,538 78,411 97,940 104,548 110,307 117,528 130,685 146,910 147,076 156,822 183,845 195,880 209,096 220,614 261,370 293,820 294,152 313,644 367,690 392,055 441,228 522,740 551,535 587,640 627,288 735,380 784,110 882,456 1,045,480 1,103,070 1,470,760 1,568,220 2,169,371 2,206,140 3,136,440 4,338,742 4,412,280 6,508,113 8,677,484 10,846,855 13,016,226 17,354,968 21,693,710 26,032,452 32,540,565 43,387,420 52,064,904 65,081,130 86,774,840 130,162,260 and 260,324,520, with no remainder.

Since 260,324,520 cannot be divided by just 1 and 260,324,520, 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).