Q: Is 260,568 a Composite Number?

Why is 260,568 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 260,568 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 11 12 14 18 21 22 24 28 33 36 42 44 47 56 63 66 72 77 84 88 94 99 126 132 141 154 168 188 198 231 252 264 282 308 329 376 396 423 462 504 517 564 616 658 693 792 846 924 987 1,034 1,128 1,316 1,386 1,551 1,692 1,848 1,974 2,068 2,632 2,772 2,961 3,102 3,384 3,619 3,948 4,136 4,653 5,544 5,922 6,204 7,238 7,896 9,306 10,857 11,844 12,408 14,476 18,612 21,714 23,688 28,952 32,571 37,224 43,428 65,142 86,856 130,284 and 260,568, with no remainder.

Since 260,568 cannot be divided by just 1 and 260,568, 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).