Q: Is 527,040 a Composite Number?

Why is 527,040 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 527,040 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 16 18 20 24 27 30 32 36 40 45 48 54 60 61 64 72 80 90 96 108 120 122 135 144 160 180 183 192 216 240 244 270 288 305 320 360 366 432 480 488 540 549 576 610 720 732 864 915 960 976 1,080 1,098 1,220 1,440 1,464 1,647 1,728 1,830 1,952 2,160 2,196 2,440 2,745 2,880 2,928 3,294 3,660 3,904 4,320 4,392 4,880 5,490 5,856 6,588 7,320 8,235 8,640 8,784 9,760 10,980 11,712 13,176 14,640 16,470 17,568 19,520 21,960 26,352 29,280 32,940 35,136 43,920 52,704 58,560 65,880 87,840 105,408 131,760 175,680 263,520 and 527,040, with no remainder.

Since 527,040 cannot be divided by just 1 and 527,040, 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).