Q: Is 70,400 a Composite Number?

Why is 70,400 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 70,400 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 11 16 20 22 25 32 40 44 50 55 64 80 88 100 110 128 160 176 200 220 256 275 320 352 400 440 550 640 704 800 880 1,100 1,280 1,408 1,600 1,760 2,200 2,816 3,200 3,520 4,400 6,400 7,040 8,800 14,080 17,600 35,200 and 70,400, with no remainder.

Since 70,400 cannot be divided by just 1 and 70,400, 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).