Q: Is 1,566,480 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,566,480 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 1,566,480 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 40 48 60 61 80 107 120 122 183 214 240 244 305 321 366 428 488 535 610 642 732 856 915 976 1,070 1,220 1,284 1,464 1,605 1,712 1,830 2,140 2,440 2,568 2,928 3,210 3,660 4,280 4,880 5,136 6,420 6,527 7,320 8,560 12,840 13,054 14,640 19,581 25,680 26,108 32,635 39,162 52,216 65,270 78,324 97,905 104,432 130,540 156,648 195,810 261,080 313,296 391,620 522,160 783,240 and 1,566,480, with no remainder.

Since 1,566,480 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,566,480, 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).