Q: Is 1,551,440 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,551,440 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 1,551,440 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 11 16 20 22 40 41 43 44 55 80 82 86 88 110 164 172 176 205 215 220 328 344 410 430 440 451 473 656 688 820 860 880 902 946 1,640 1,720 1,763 1,804 1,892 2,255 2,365 3,280 3,440 3,526 3,608 3,784 4,510 4,730 7,052 7,216 7,568 8,815 9,020 9,460 14,104 17,630 18,040 18,920 19,393 28,208 35,260 36,080 37,840 38,786 70,520 77,572 96,965 141,040 155,144 193,930 310,288 387,860 775,720 and 1,551,440, with no remainder.

Since 1,551,440 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,551,440, 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).