Q: Is 987,660 a Composite Number?

Why is 987,660 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 987,660 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 15 18 20 27 30 31 36 45 54 59 60 62 90 93 108 118 124 135 155 177 180 186 236 270 279 295 310 354 372 465 531 540 558 590 620 708 837 885 930 1,062 1,116 1,180 1,395 1,593 1,674 1,770 1,829 1,860 2,124 2,655 2,790 3,186 3,348 3,540 3,658 4,185 5,310 5,487 5,580 6,372 7,316 7,965 8,370 9,145 10,620 10,974 15,930 16,461 16,740 18,290 21,948 27,435 31,860 32,922 36,580 49,383 54,870 65,844 82,305 98,766 109,740 164,610 197,532 246,915 329,220 493,830 and 987,660, with no remainder.

Since 987,660 cannot be divided by just 1 and 987,660, 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).