Q: Is 1,476,840 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,476,840 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 1,476,840 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 31 40 60 62 93 120 124 155 186 248 310 372 397 465 620 744 794 930 1,191 1,240 1,588 1,860 1,985 2,382 3,176 3,720 3,970 4,764 5,955 7,940 9,528 11,910 12,307 15,880 23,820 24,614 36,921 47,640 49,228 61,535 73,842 98,456 123,070 147,684 184,605 246,140 295,368 369,210 492,280 738,420 and 1,476,840, with no remainder.

Since 1,476,840 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,476,840, 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).