Q: Is 820,512 a Composite Number?

Why is 820,512 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 820,512 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 11 12 14 16 18 21 22 24 28 32 33 36 37 42 44 48 56 63 66 72 74 77 84 88 96 99 111 112 126 132 144 148 154 168 176 198 222 224 231 252 259 264 288 296 308 333 336 352 396 407 444 462 504 518 528 592 616 666 672 693 777 792 814 888 924 1,008 1,036 1,056 1,184 1,221 1,232 1,332 1,386 1,554 1,584 1,628 1,776 1,848 2,016 2,072 2,331 2,442 2,464 2,664 2,772 2,849 3,108 3,168 3,256 3,552 3,663 3,696 4,144 4,662 4,884 5,328 5,544 5,698 6,216 6,512 7,326 7,392 8,288 8,547 9,324 9,768 10,656 11,088 11,396 12,432 13,024 14,652 17,094 18,648 19,536 22,176 22,792 24,864 25,641 29,304 34,188 37,296 39,072 45,584 51,282 58,608 68,376 74,592 91,168 102,564 117,216 136,752 205,128 273,504 410,256 and 820,512, with no remainder.

Since 820,512 cannot be divided by just 1 and 820,512, 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).