Q: Is 1,527,760 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,527,760 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 1,527,760 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 13 16 20 26 40 52 65 80 104 113 130 169 208 226 260 338 452 520 565 676 845 904 1,040 1,130 1,352 1,469 1,690 1,808 2,260 2,704 2,938 3,380 4,520 5,876 6,760 7,345 9,040 11,752 13,520 14,690 19,097 23,504 29,380 38,194 58,760 76,388 95,485 117,520 152,776 190,970 305,552 381,940 763,880 and 1,527,760, with no remainder.

Since 1,527,760 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,527,760, 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).