Q: Is 682,440 a Composite Number?

Why is 682,440 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 682,440 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 11 12 15 20 22 24 30 33 40 44 47 55 60 66 88 94 110 120 121 132 141 165 188 220 235 242 264 282 330 363 376 440 470 484 517 564 605 660 705 726 940 968 1,034 1,128 1,210 1,320 1,410 1,452 1,551 1,815 1,880 2,068 2,420 2,585 2,820 2,904 3,102 3,630 4,136 4,840 5,170 5,640 5,687 6,204 7,260 7,755 10,340 11,374 12,408 14,520 15,510 17,061 20,680 22,748 28,435 31,020 34,122 45,496 56,870 62,040 68,244 85,305 113,740 136,488 170,610 227,480 341,220 and 682,440, with no remainder.

Since 682,440 cannot be divided by just 1 and 682,440, 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).