Q: Is 1,474,000 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,474,000 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 1,474,000 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 11 16 20 22 25 40 44 50 55 67 80 88 100 110 125 134 176 200 220 250 268 275 335 400 440 500 536 550 670 737 880 1,000 1,072 1,100 1,340 1,375 1,474 1,675 2,000 2,200 2,680 2,750 2,948 3,350 3,685 4,400 5,360 5,500 5,896 6,700 7,370 8,375 11,000 11,792 13,400 14,740 16,750 18,425 22,000 26,800 29,480 33,500 36,850 58,960 67,000 73,700 92,125 134,000 147,400 184,250 294,800 368,500 737,000 and 1,474,000, with no remainder.

Since 1,474,000 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,474,000, 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).