Q: Is 422,400 a Composite Number?

Why is 422,400 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 422,400 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 11 12 15 16 20 22 24 25 30 32 33 40 44 48 50 55 60 64 66 75 80 88 96 100 110 120 128 132 150 160 165 176 192 200 220 240 256 264 275 300 320 330 352 384 400 440 480 512 528 550 600 640 660 704 768 800 825 880 960 1,056 1,100 1,200 1,280 1,320 1,408 1,536 1,600 1,650 1,760 1,920 2,112 2,200 2,400 2,560 2,640 2,816 3,200 3,300 3,520 3,840 4,224 4,400 4,800 5,280 5,632 6,400 6,600 7,040 7,680 8,448 8,800 9,600 10,560 12,800 13,200 14,080 16,896 17,600 19,200 21,120 26,400 28,160 35,200 38,400 42,240 52,800 70,400 84,480 105,600 140,800 211,200 and 422,400, with no remainder.

Since 422,400 cannot be divided by just 1 and 422,400, 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).