Q: Is 862,920 a Composite Number?

Why is 862,920 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 862,920 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 17 18 20 24 27 30 34 36 40 45 47 51 54 60 68 72 85 90 94 102 108 120 135 136 141 153 170 180 188 204 216 235 255 270 282 306 340 360 376 408 423 459 470 510 540 564 612 680 705 765 799 846 918 940 1,020 1,080 1,128 1,224 1,269 1,410 1,530 1,598 1,692 1,836 1,880 2,040 2,115 2,295 2,397 2,538 2,820 3,060 3,196 3,384 3,672 3,995 4,230 4,590 4,794 5,076 5,640 6,120 6,345 6,392 7,191 7,990 8,460 9,180 9,588 10,152 11,985 12,690 14,382 15,980 16,920 18,360 19,176 21,573 23,970 25,380 28,764 31,960 35,955 43,146 47,940 50,760 57,528 71,910 86,292 95,880 107,865 143,820 172,584 215,730 287,640 431,460 and 862,920, with no remainder.

Since 862,920 cannot be divided by just 1 and 862,920, 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).