Q: Is 854,400 a Composite Number?

Why is 854,400 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 854,400 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 64 75 80 89 96 100 120 128 150 160 178 192 200 240 267 300 320 356 384 400 445 480 534 600 640 712 800 890 960 1,068 1,200 1,335 1,424 1,600 1,780 1,920 2,136 2,225 2,400 2,670 2,848 3,200 3,560 4,272 4,450 4,800 5,340 5,696 6,675 7,120 8,544 8,900 9,600 10,680 11,392 13,350 14,240 17,088 17,800 21,360 26,700 28,480 34,176 35,600 42,720 53,400 56,960 71,200 85,440 106,800 142,400 170,880 213,600 284,800 427,200 and 854,400, with no remainder.

Since 854,400 cannot be divided by just 1 and 854,400, 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).