Q: Is 634,200 a Composite Number?

Why is 634,200 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 634,200 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 12 14 15 20 21 24 25 28 30 35 40 42 50 56 60 70 75 84 100 105 120 140 150 151 168 175 200 210 280 300 302 350 420 453 525 600 604 700 755 840 906 1,050 1,057 1,208 1,400 1,510 1,812 2,100 2,114 2,265 3,020 3,171 3,624 3,775 4,200 4,228 4,530 5,285 6,040 6,342 7,550 8,456 9,060 10,570 11,325 12,684 15,100 15,855 18,120 21,140 22,650 25,368 26,425 30,200 31,710 42,280 45,300 52,850 63,420 79,275 90,600 105,700 126,840 158,550 211,400 317,100 and 634,200, with no remainder.

Since 634,200 cannot be divided by just 1 and 634,200, 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).