Q: Is 1,403,040 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,403,040 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 1,403,040 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 32 37 40 48 60 74 79 80 96 111 120 148 158 160 185 222 237 240 296 316 370 395 444 474 480 555 592 632 740 790 888 948 1,110 1,184 1,185 1,264 1,480 1,580 1,776 1,896 2,220 2,370 2,528 2,923 2,960 3,160 3,552 3,792 4,440 4,740 5,846 5,920 6,320 7,584 8,769 8,880 9,480 11,692 12,640 14,615 17,538 17,760 18,960 23,384 29,230 35,076 37,920 43,845 46,768 58,460 70,152 87,690 93,536 116,920 140,304 175,380 233,840 280,608 350,760 467,680 701,520 and 1,403,040, with no remainder.

Since 1,403,040 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,403,040, 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).