Q: Is 653,600 a Composite Number?

Why is 653,600 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 653,600 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 19 20 25 32 38 40 43 50 76 80 86 95 100 152 160 172 190 200 215 304 344 380 400 430 475 608 688 760 800 817 860 950 1,075 1,376 1,520 1,634 1,720 1,900 2,150 3,040 3,268 3,440 3,800 4,085 4,300 6,536 6,880 7,600 8,170 8,600 13,072 15,200 16,340 17,200 20,425 26,144 32,680 34,400 40,850 65,360 81,700 130,720 163,400 326,800 and 653,600, with no remainder.

Since 653,600 cannot be divided by just 1 and 653,600, 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).