Q: Is 1,473,472 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,473,472 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 1,473,472 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 11 13 14 16 22 23 26 28 32 44 46 52 56 64 77 88 91 92 104 112 143 154 161 176 182 184 208 224 253 286 299 308 322 352 364 368 416 448 506 572 598 616 644 704 728 736 832 1,001 1,012 1,144 1,196 1,232 1,288 1,456 1,472 1,771 2,002 2,024 2,093 2,288 2,392 2,464 2,576 2,912 3,289 3,542 4,004 4,048 4,186 4,576 4,784 4,928 5,152 5,824 6,578 7,084 8,008 8,096 8,372 9,152 9,568 10,304 13,156 14,168 16,016 16,192 16,744 19,136 23,023 26,312 28,336 32,032 33,488 46,046 52,624 56,672 64,064 66,976 92,092 105,248 113,344 133,952 184,184 210,496 368,368 736,736 and 1,473,472, with no remainder.

Since 1,473,472 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,473,472, 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).