Q: Is 699,480 a Composite Number?

Why is 699,480 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 699,480 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 18 20 24 29 30 36 40 45 58 60 67 72 87 90 116 120 134 145 174 180 201 232 261 268 290 335 348 360 402 435 522 536 580 603 670 696 804 870 1,005 1,044 1,160 1,206 1,305 1,340 1,608 1,740 1,943 2,010 2,088 2,412 2,610 2,680 3,015 3,480 3,886 4,020 4,824 5,220 5,829 6,030 7,772 8,040 9,715 10,440 11,658 12,060 15,544 17,487 19,430 23,316 24,120 29,145 34,974 38,860 46,632 58,290 69,948 77,720 87,435 116,580 139,896 174,870 233,160 349,740 and 699,480, with no remainder.

Since 699,480 cannot be divided by just 1 and 699,480, 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).