Q: Is 496,320 a Composite Number?

Why is 496,320 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 496,320 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 47 48 55 60 64 66 80 88 94 96 110 120 132 141 160 165 176 188 192 220 235 240 264 282 320 330 352 376 440 470 480 517 528 564 660 704 705 752 880 940 960 1,034 1,056 1,128 1,320 1,410 1,504 1,551 1,760 1,880 2,068 2,112 2,256 2,585 2,640 2,820 3,008 3,102 3,520 3,760 4,136 4,512 5,170 5,280 5,640 6,204 7,520 7,755 8,272 9,024 10,340 10,560 11,280 12,408 15,040 15,510 16,544 20,680 22,560 24,816 31,020 33,088 41,360 45,120 49,632 62,040 82,720 99,264 124,080 165,440 248,160 and 496,320, with no remainder.

Since 496,320 cannot be divided by just 1 and 496,320, 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).