Q: Is 540,560,200 a Composite Number?

Why is 540,560,200 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 540,560,200 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 20 25 40 50 100 200 431 862 1,724 2,155 3,448 4,310 6,271 8,620 10,775 12,542 17,240 21,550 25,084 31,355 43,100 50,168 62,710 86,200 125,420 156,775 250,840 313,550 627,100 1,254,200 2,702,801 5,405,602 10,811,204 13,514,005 21,622,408 27,028,010 54,056,020 67,570,025 108,112,040 135,140,050 270,280,100 and 540,560,200, with no remainder.

Since 540,560,200 cannot be divided by just 1 and 540,560,200, 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).