Q: Is 661,770 a Composite Number?

Why is 661,770 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 661,770 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 9 10 15 18 19 27 30 38 43 45 54 57 81 86 90 95 114 129 135 162 171 190 215 258 270 285 342 387 405 430 513 570 645 774 810 817 855 1,026 1,161 1,290 1,539 1,634 1,710 1,935 2,322 2,451 2,565 3,078 3,483 3,870 4,085 4,902 5,130 5,805 6,966 7,353 7,695 8,170 11,610 12,255 14,706 15,390 17,415 22,059 24,510 34,830 36,765 44,118 66,177 73,530 110,295 132,354 220,590 330,885 and 661,770, with no remainder.

Since 661,770 cannot be divided by just 1 and 661,770, 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).