Q: Is 575,280 a Composite Number?

Why is 575,280 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 575,280 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 16 17 18 20 24 30 34 36 40 45 47 48 51 60 68 72 80 85 90 94 102 120 136 141 144 153 170 180 188 204 235 240 255 272 282 306 340 360 376 408 423 470 510 564 612 680 705 720 752 765 799 816 846 940 1,020 1,128 1,224 1,360 1,410 1,530 1,598 1,692 1,880 2,040 2,115 2,256 2,397 2,448 2,820 3,060 3,196 3,384 3,760 3,995 4,080 4,230 4,794 5,640 6,120 6,392 6,768 7,191 7,990 8,460 9,588 11,280 11,985 12,240 12,784 14,382 15,980 16,920 19,176 23,970 28,764 31,960 33,840 35,955 38,352 47,940 57,528 63,920 71,910 95,880 115,056 143,820 191,760 287,640 and 575,280, with no remainder.

Since 575,280 cannot be divided by just 1 and 575,280, 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).