Q: Is 513,760 a Composite Number?

Why is 513,760 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 513,760 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 13 16 19 20 26 32 38 40 52 65 76 80 95 104 130 152 160 169 190 208 247 260 304 338 380 416 494 520 608 676 760 845 988 1,040 1,235 1,352 1,520 1,690 1,976 2,080 2,470 2,704 3,040 3,211 3,380 3,952 4,940 5,408 6,422 6,760 7,904 9,880 12,844 13,520 16,055 19,760 25,688 27,040 32,110 39,520 51,376 64,220 102,752 128,440 256,880 and 513,760, with no remainder.

Since 513,760 cannot be divided by just 1 and 513,760, 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).