Q: Is 528,840 a Composite Number?

Why is 528,840 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 528,840 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 13 15 18 20 24 26 30 36 39 40 45 52 60 65 72 78 90 104 113 117 120 130 156 180 195 226 234 260 312 339 360 390 452 468 520 565 585 678 780 904 936 1,017 1,130 1,170 1,356 1,469 1,560 1,695 2,034 2,260 2,340 2,712 2,938 3,390 4,068 4,407 4,520 4,680 5,085 5,876 6,780 7,345 8,136 8,814 10,170 11,752 13,221 13,560 14,690 17,628 20,340 22,035 26,442 29,380 35,256 40,680 44,070 52,884 58,760 66,105 88,140 105,768 132,210 176,280 264,420 and 528,840, with no remainder.

Since 528,840 cannot be divided by just 1 and 528,840, 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).