Q: Is 897,840 a Composite Number?

Why is 897,840 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 897,840 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 16 18 20 24 29 30 36 40 43 45 48 58 60 72 80 86 87 90 116 120 129 144 145 172 174 180 215 232 240 258 261 290 344 348 360 387 430 435 464 516 522 580 645 688 696 720 774 860 870 1,032 1,044 1,160 1,247 1,290 1,305 1,392 1,548 1,720 1,740 1,935 2,064 2,088 2,320 2,494 2,580 2,610 3,096 3,440 3,480 3,741 3,870 4,176 4,988 5,160 5,220 6,192 6,235 6,960 7,482 7,740 9,976 10,320 10,440 11,223 12,470 14,964 15,480 18,705 19,952 20,880 22,446 24,940 29,928 30,960 37,410 44,892 49,880 56,115 59,856 74,820 89,784 99,760 112,230 149,640 179,568 224,460 299,280 448,920 and 897,840, with no remainder.

Since 897,840 cannot be divided by just 1 and 897,840, 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).