Q: Is 1,516,560 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,516,560 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 1,516,560 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 40 48 60 71 80 89 120 142 178 213 240 267 284 355 356 426 445 534 568 710 712 852 890 1,065 1,068 1,136 1,335 1,420 1,424 1,704 1,780 2,130 2,136 2,670 2,840 3,408 3,560 4,260 4,272 5,340 5,680 6,319 7,120 8,520 10,680 12,638 17,040 18,957 21,360 25,276 31,595 37,914 50,552 63,190 75,828 94,785 101,104 126,380 151,656 189,570 252,760 303,312 379,140 505,520 758,280 and 1,516,560, with no remainder.

Since 1,516,560 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,516,560, 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).