Q: Is 417,120 a Composite Number?

Why is 417,120 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 417,120 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 11 12 15 16 20 22 24 30 32 33 40 44 48 55 60 66 79 80 88 96 110 120 132 158 160 165 176 220 237 240 264 316 330 352 395 440 474 480 528 632 660 790 869 880 948 1,056 1,185 1,264 1,320 1,580 1,738 1,760 1,896 2,370 2,528 2,607 2,640 3,160 3,476 3,792 4,345 4,740 5,214 5,280 6,320 6,952 7,584 8,690 9,480 10,428 12,640 13,035 13,904 17,380 18,960 20,856 26,070 27,808 34,760 37,920 41,712 52,140 69,520 83,424 104,280 139,040 208,560 and 417,120, with no remainder.

Since 417,120 cannot be divided by just 1 and 417,120, 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).