Q: Is 78,540 a Composite Number?

 A: Yes, 78,540 is a composite number.

Why is 78,540 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 78,540 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 12 14 15 17 20 21 22 28 30 33 34 35 42 44 51 55 60 66 68 70 77 84 85 102 105 110 119 132 140 154 165 170 187 204 210 220 231 238 255 308 330 340 357 374 385 420 462 476 510 561 595 660 714 748 770 924 935 1,020 1,122 1,155 1,190 1,309 1,428 1,540 1,785 1,870 2,244 2,310 2,380 2,618 2,805 3,570 3,740 3,927 4,620 5,236 5,610 6,545 7,140 7,854 11,220 13,090 15,708 19,635 26,180 39,270 and 78,540, with no remainder.

Since 78,540 cannot be divided by just 1 and 78,540, it is a composite number.


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  • All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).

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