Q: Is 654,840 a Composite Number?

Why is 654,840 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 654,840 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 17 18 20 24 30 34 36 40 45 51 60 68 72 85 90 102 107 120 136 153 170 180 204 214 255 306 321 340 360 408 428 510 535 612 642 680 765 856 963 1,020 1,070 1,224 1,284 1,530 1,605 1,819 1,926 2,040 2,140 2,568 3,060 3,210 3,638 3,852 4,280 4,815 5,457 6,120 6,420 7,276 7,704 9,095 9,630 10,914 12,840 14,552 16,371 18,190 19,260 21,828 27,285 32,742 36,380 38,520 43,656 54,570 65,484 72,760 81,855 109,140 130,968 163,710 218,280 327,420 and 654,840, with no remainder.

Since 654,840 cannot be divided by just 1 and 654,840, 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).