Q: Is 837,540 a Composite Number?

Why is 837,540 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 837,540 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 11 12 15 18 20 22 27 30 33 36 44 45 47 54 55 60 66 81 90 94 99 108 110 132 135 141 162 165 180 188 198 220 235 270 282 297 324 330 396 405 423 470 495 517 540 564 594 660 705 810 846 891 940 990 1,034 1,188 1,269 1,410 1,485 1,551 1,620 1,692 1,782 1,980 2,068 2,115 2,538 2,585 2,820 2,970 3,102 3,564 3,807 4,230 4,455 4,653 5,076 5,170 5,940 6,204 6,345 7,614 7,755 8,460 8,910 9,306 10,340 12,690 13,959 15,228 15,510 17,820 18,612 19,035 23,265 25,380 27,918 31,020 38,070 41,877 46,530 55,836 69,795 76,140 83,754 93,060 139,590 167,508 209,385 279,180 418,770 and 837,540, with no remainder.

Since 837,540 cannot be divided by just 1 and 837,540, 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).