Q: Is 597,840 a Composite Number?

Why is 597,840 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 597,840 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 40 47 48 53 60 80 94 106 120 141 159 188 212 235 240 265 282 318 376 424 470 530 564 636 705 752 795 848 940 1,060 1,128 1,272 1,410 1,590 1,880 2,120 2,256 2,491 2,544 2,820 3,180 3,760 4,240 4,982 5,640 6,360 7,473 9,964 11,280 12,455 12,720 14,946 19,928 24,910 29,892 37,365 39,856 49,820 59,784 74,730 99,640 119,568 149,460 199,280 298,920 and 597,840, with no remainder.

Since 597,840 cannot be divided by just 1 and 597,840, 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).