Q: Is 1,555,020 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,555,020 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 1,555,020 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 15 18 20 30 36 45 53 60 90 106 159 163 180 212 265 318 326 477 489 530 636 652 795 815 954 978 1,060 1,467 1,590 1,630 1,908 1,956 2,385 2,445 2,934 3,180 3,260 4,770 4,890 5,868 7,335 8,639 9,540 9,780 14,670 17,278 25,917 29,340 34,556 43,195 51,834 77,751 86,390 103,668 129,585 155,502 172,780 259,170 311,004 388,755 518,340 777,510 and 1,555,020, with no remainder.

Since 1,555,020 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,555,020, 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).