Q: Is 1,473,400 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,473,400 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 1,473,400 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 20 25 40 50 53 100 106 139 200 212 265 278 424 530 556 695 1,060 1,112 1,325 1,390 2,120 2,650 2,780 3,475 5,300 5,560 6,950 7,367 10,600 13,900 14,734 27,800 29,468 36,835 58,936 73,670 147,340 184,175 294,680 368,350 736,700 and 1,473,400, with no remainder.

Since 1,473,400 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,473,400, 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).