Q: Is 847,200 a Composite Number?

Why is 847,200 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 847,200 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 25 30 32 40 48 50 60 75 80 96 100 120 150 160 200 240 300 353 400 480 600 706 800 1,059 1,200 1,412 1,765 2,118 2,400 2,824 3,530 4,236 5,295 5,648 7,060 8,472 8,825 10,590 11,296 14,120 16,944 17,650 21,180 26,475 28,240 33,888 35,300 42,360 52,950 56,480 70,600 84,720 105,900 141,200 169,440 211,800 282,400 423,600 and 847,200, with no remainder.

Since 847,200 cannot be divided by just 1 and 847,200, 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).