Q: Is 383,520 a Composite Number?

Why is 383,520 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 383,520 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 17 20 24 30 32 34 40 47 48 51 60 68 80 85 94 96 102 120 136 141 160 170 188 204 235 240 255 272 282 340 376 408 470 480 510 544 564 680 705 752 799 816 940 1,020 1,128 1,360 1,410 1,504 1,598 1,632 1,880 2,040 2,256 2,397 2,720 2,820 3,196 3,760 3,995 4,080 4,512 4,794 5,640 6,392 7,520 7,990 8,160 9,588 11,280 11,985 12,784 15,980 19,176 22,560 23,970 25,568 31,960 38,352 47,940 63,920 76,704 95,880 127,840 191,760 and 383,520, with no remainder.

Since 383,520 cannot be divided by just 1 and 383,520, 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).