Q: Is 698,280 a Composite Number?

Why is 698,280 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 698,280 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 11 12 15 20 22 23 24 30 33 40 44 46 55 60 66 69 88 92 110 115 120 132 138 165 184 220 230 253 264 276 330 345 440 460 506 529 552 660 690 759 920 1,012 1,058 1,265 1,320 1,380 1,518 1,587 2,024 2,116 2,530 2,645 2,760 3,036 3,174 3,795 4,232 5,060 5,290 5,819 6,072 6,348 7,590 7,935 10,120 10,580 11,638 12,696 15,180 15,870 17,457 21,160 23,276 29,095 30,360 31,740 34,914 46,552 58,190 63,480 69,828 87,285 116,380 139,656 174,570 232,760 349,140 and 698,280, with no remainder.

Since 698,280 cannot be divided by just 1 and 698,280, 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).