Q: Is 515,460 a Composite Number?

Why is 515,460 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 515,460 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 11 12 15 20 22 30 33 44 55 60 66 71 110 121 132 142 165 213 220 242 284 330 355 363 426 484 605 660 710 726 781 852 1,065 1,210 1,420 1,452 1,562 1,815 2,130 2,343 2,420 3,124 3,630 3,905 4,260 4,686 7,260 7,810 8,591 9,372 11,715 15,620 17,182 23,430 25,773 34,364 42,955 46,860 51,546 85,910 103,092 128,865 171,820 257,730 and 515,460, with no remainder.

Since 515,460 cannot be divided by just 1 and 515,460, 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).