Q: Is 1,472,120 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,472,120 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 1,472,120 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 13 19 20 26 38 40 52 65 76 95 104 130 149 152 190 247 260 298 380 494 520 596 745 760 988 1,192 1,235 1,490 1,937 1,976 2,470 2,831 2,980 3,874 4,940 5,662 5,960 7,748 9,685 9,880 11,324 14,155 15,496 19,370 22,648 28,310 36,803 38,740 56,620 73,606 77,480 113,240 147,212 184,015 294,424 368,030 736,060 and 1,472,120, with no remainder.

Since 1,472,120 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,472,120, 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).