Q: Is 654,120 a Composite Number?

Why is 654,120 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 654,120 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 18 20 23 24 30 36 40 45 46 60 69 72 79 90 92 115 120 138 158 180 184 207 230 237 276 316 345 360 395 414 460 474 552 632 690 711 790 828 920 948 1,035 1,185 1,380 1,422 1,580 1,656 1,817 1,896 2,070 2,370 2,760 2,844 3,160 3,555 3,634 4,140 4,740 5,451 5,688 7,110 7,268 8,280 9,085 9,480 10,902 14,220 14,536 16,353 18,170 21,804 27,255 28,440 32,706 36,340 43,608 54,510 65,412 72,680 81,765 109,020 130,824 163,530 218,040 327,060 and 654,120, with no remainder.

Since 654,120 cannot be divided by just 1 and 654,120, 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).