Q: Is 1,487,472 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,487,472 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 1,487,472 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 19 21 24 28 38 42 48 56 57 76 84 112 114 133 152 168 228 233 266 304 336 399 456 466 532 699 798 912 932 1,064 1,398 1,596 1,631 1,864 2,128 2,796 3,192 3,262 3,728 4,427 4,893 5,592 6,384 6,524 8,854 9,786 11,184 13,048 13,281 17,708 19,572 26,096 26,562 30,989 35,416 39,144 53,124 61,978 70,832 78,288 92,967 106,248 123,956 185,934 212,496 247,912 371,868 495,824 743,736 and 1,487,472, with no remainder.

Since 1,487,472 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,487,472, 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).