Q: Is 1,472,880 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,472,880 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 1,472,880 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 17 19 20 24 30 34 38 40 48 51 57 60 68 76 80 85 95 102 114 120 136 152 170 190 204 228 240 255 272 285 304 323 340 361 380 408 456 510 570 646 680 722 760 816 912 969 1,020 1,083 1,140 1,292 1,360 1,444 1,520 1,615 1,805 1,938 2,040 2,166 2,280 2,584 2,888 3,230 3,610 3,876 4,080 4,332 4,560 4,845 5,168 5,415 5,776 6,137 6,460 7,220 7,752 8,664 9,690 10,830 12,274 12,920 14,440 15,504 17,328 18,411 19,380 21,660 24,548 25,840 28,880 30,685 36,822 38,760 43,320 49,096 61,370 73,644 77,520 86,640 92,055 98,192 122,740 147,288 184,110 245,480 294,576 368,220 490,960 736,440 and 1,472,880, with no remainder.

Since 1,472,880 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,472,880, 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).