Q: Is 69,660 a Composite Number?

Why is 69,660 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 69,660 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 15 18 20 27 30 36 43 45 54 60 81 86 90 108 129 135 162 172 180 215 258 270 324 387 405 430 516 540 645 774 810 860 1,161 1,290 1,548 1,620 1,935 2,322 2,580 3,483 3,870 4,644 5,805 6,966 7,740 11,610 13,932 17,415 23,220 34,830 and 69,660, with no remainder.

Since 69,660 cannot be divided by just 1 and 69,660, 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).