Q: Is 353,600 a Composite Number?

Why is 353,600 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 353,600 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 13 16 17 20 25 26 32 34 40 50 52 64 65 68 80 85 100 104 130 136 160 170 200 208 221 260 272 320 325 340 400 416 425 442 520 544 650 680 800 832 850 884 1,040 1,088 1,105 1,300 1,360 1,600 1,700 1,768 2,080 2,210 2,600 2,720 3,400 3,536 4,160 4,420 5,200 5,440 5,525 6,800 7,072 8,840 10,400 11,050 13,600 14,144 17,680 20,800 22,100 27,200 35,360 44,200 70,720 88,400 176,800 and 353,600, with no remainder.

Since 353,600 cannot be divided by just 1 and 353,600, 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).