Q: Is 589,380 a Composite Number?

Why is 589,380 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 589,380 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 11 12 15 19 20 22 30 33 38 44 47 55 57 60 66 76 94 95 110 114 132 141 165 188 190 209 220 228 235 282 285 330 380 418 470 517 564 570 627 660 705 836 893 940 1,034 1,045 1,140 1,254 1,410 1,551 1,786 2,068 2,090 2,508 2,585 2,679 2,820 3,102 3,135 3,572 4,180 4,465 5,170 5,358 6,204 6,270 7,755 8,930 9,823 10,340 10,716 12,540 13,395 15,510 17,860 19,646 26,790 29,469 31,020 39,292 49,115 53,580 58,938 98,230 117,876 147,345 196,460 294,690 and 589,380, with no remainder.

Since 589,380 cannot be divided by just 1 and 589,380, 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).