Q: Is 702,780 a Composite Number?

Why is 702,780 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 702,780 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 12 13 15 17 20 26 30 34 39 51 52 53 60 65 68 78 85 102 106 130 156 159 170 195 204 212 221 255 260 265 318 340 390 442 510 530 636 663 689 780 795 884 901 1,020 1,060 1,105 1,326 1,378 1,590 1,802 2,067 2,210 2,652 2,703 2,756 3,180 3,315 3,445 3,604 4,134 4,420 4,505 5,406 6,630 6,890 8,268 9,010 10,335 10,812 11,713 13,260 13,515 13,780 18,020 20,670 23,426 27,030 35,139 41,340 46,852 54,060 58,565 70,278 117,130 140,556 175,695 234,260 351,390 and 702,780, with no remainder.

Since 702,780 cannot be divided by just 1 and 702,780, 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).