Q: Is 409,360 a Composite Number?

Why is 409,360 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 409,360 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 14 16 17 20 28 34 35 40 43 56 68 70 80 85 86 112 119 136 140 170 172 215 238 272 280 301 340 344 430 476 560 595 602 680 688 731 860 952 1,190 1,204 1,360 1,462 1,505 1,720 1,904 2,380 2,408 2,924 3,010 3,440 3,655 4,760 4,816 5,117 5,848 6,020 7,310 9,520 10,234 11,696 12,040 14,620 20,468 24,080 25,585 29,240 40,936 51,170 58,480 81,872 102,340 204,680 and 409,360, with no remainder.

Since 409,360 cannot be divided by just 1 and 409,360, 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).