Q: Is 1,460,800 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,460,800 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 1,460,800 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 11 16 20 22 25 32 40 44 50 55 64 80 83 88 100 110 160 166 176 200 220 275 320 332 352 400 415 440 550 664 704 800 830 880 913 1,100 1,328 1,600 1,660 1,760 1,826 2,075 2,200 2,656 3,320 3,520 3,652 4,150 4,400 4,565 5,312 6,640 7,304 8,300 8,800 9,130 13,280 14,608 16,600 17,600 18,260 22,825 26,560 29,216 33,200 36,520 45,650 58,432 66,400 73,040 91,300 132,800 146,080 182,600 292,160 365,200 730,400 and 1,460,800, with no remainder.

Since 1,460,800 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,460,800, 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).