Q: Is 527,340 a Composite Number?

Why is 527,340 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 527,340 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 11 12 15 17 20 22 30 33 34 44 47 51 55 60 66 68 85 94 102 110 132 141 165 170 187 188 204 220 235 255 282 330 340 374 470 510 517 561 564 660 705 748 799 935 940 1,020 1,034 1,122 1,410 1,551 1,598 1,870 2,068 2,244 2,397 2,585 2,805 2,820 3,102 3,196 3,740 3,995 4,794 5,170 5,610 6,204 7,755 7,990 8,789 9,588 10,340 11,220 11,985 15,510 15,980 17,578 23,970 26,367 31,020 35,156 43,945 47,940 52,734 87,890 105,468 131,835 175,780 263,670 and 527,340, with no remainder.

Since 527,340 cannot be divided by just 1 and 527,340, 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).