Q: Is 1,532,520 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,532,520 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 1,532,520 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 11 12 15 18 20 22 24 27 30 33 36 40 43 44 45 54 55 60 66 72 81 86 88 90 99 108 110 120 129 132 135 162 165 172 180 198 215 216 220 258 264 270 297 324 330 344 360 387 396 405 430 440 473 495 516 540 594 645 648 660 774 792 810 860 891 946 990 1,032 1,080 1,161 1,188 1,290 1,320 1,419 1,485 1,548 1,620 1,720 1,782 1,892 1,935 1,980 2,322 2,365 2,376 2,580 2,838 2,970 3,096 3,240 3,483 3,564 3,784 3,870 3,960 4,257 4,455 4,644 4,730 5,160 5,676 5,805 5,940 6,966 7,095 7,128 7,740 8,514 8,910 9,288 9,460 11,352 11,610 11,880 12,771 13,932 14,190 15,480 17,028 17,415 17,820 18,920 21,285 23,220 25,542 27,864 28,380 34,056 34,830 35,640 38,313 42,570 46,440 51,084 56,760 63,855 69,660 76,626 85,140 102,168 127,710 139,320 153,252 170,280 191,565 255,420 306,504 383,130 510,840 766,260 and 1,532,520, with no remainder.

Since 1,532,520 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,532,520, 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).