Q: Is 1,575,480 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,575,480 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 1,575,480 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 19 20 24 30 38 40 57 60 76 95 114 120 152 190 228 285 380 456 570 691 760 1,140 1,382 2,073 2,280 2,764 3,455 4,146 5,528 6,910 8,292 10,365 13,129 13,820 16,584 20,730 26,258 27,640 39,387 41,460 52,516 65,645 78,774 82,920 105,032 131,290 157,548 196,935 262,580 315,096 393,870 525,160 787,740 and 1,575,480, with no remainder.

Since 1,575,480 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,575,480, 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).