Q: Is 798,660 a Composite Number?

Why is 798,660 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 798,660 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 15 17 18 20 27 29 30 34 36 45 51 54 58 60 68 81 85 87 90 102 108 116 135 145 153 162 170 174 180 204 255 261 270 290 306 324 340 348 405 435 459 493 510 522 540 580 612 765 783 810 870 918 986 1,020 1,044 1,305 1,377 1,479 1,530 1,566 1,620 1,740 1,836 1,972 2,295 2,349 2,465 2,610 2,754 2,958 3,060 3,132 3,915 4,437 4,590 4,698 4,930 5,220 5,508 5,916 6,885 7,395 7,830 8,874 9,180 9,396 9,860 11,745 13,311 13,770 14,790 15,660 17,748 22,185 23,490 26,622 27,540 29,580 39,933 44,370 46,980 53,244 66,555 79,866 88,740 133,110 159,732 199,665 266,220 399,330 and 798,660, with no remainder.

Since 798,660 cannot be divided by just 1 and 798,660, 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).