Q: Is 1,532,440 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,532,440 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 1,532,440 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 13 14 20 26 28 35 40 52 56 65 70 91 104 130 140 182 260 280 364 421 455 520 728 842 910 1,684 1,820 2,105 2,947 3,368 3,640 4,210 5,473 5,894 8,420 10,946 11,788 14,735 16,840 21,892 23,576 27,365 29,470 38,311 43,784 54,730 58,940 76,622 109,460 117,880 153,244 191,555 218,920 306,488 383,110 766,220 and 1,532,440, with no remainder.

Since 1,532,440 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,532,440, 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).