Q: Is 917,840 a Composite Number?

Why is 917,840 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 917,840 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 11 14 16 20 22 28 35 40 44 55 56 70 77 80 88 110 112 140 149 154 176 220 280 298 308 385 440 560 596 616 745 770 880 1,043 1,192 1,232 1,490 1,540 1,639 2,086 2,384 2,980 3,080 3,278 4,172 5,215 5,960 6,160 6,556 8,195 8,344 10,430 11,473 11,920 13,112 16,390 16,688 20,860 22,946 26,224 32,780 41,720 45,892 57,365 65,560 83,440 91,784 114,730 131,120 183,568 229,460 458,920 and 917,840, with no remainder.

Since 917,840 cannot be divided by just 1 and 917,840, 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).