Q: Is 1,477,872 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,477,872 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 1,477,872 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 16 18 22 24 27 33 36 44 48 54 66 72 88 99 108 132 144 176 198 216 264 297 311 396 432 528 594 622 792 933 1,188 1,244 1,584 1,866 2,376 2,488 2,799 3,421 3,732 4,752 4,976 5,598 6,842 7,464 8,397 10,263 11,196 13,684 14,928 16,794 20,526 22,392 27,368 30,789 33,588 41,052 44,784 54,736 61,578 67,176 82,104 92,367 123,156 134,352 164,208 184,734 246,312 369,468 492,624 738,936 and 1,477,872, with no remainder.

Since 1,477,872 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,477,872, 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).