Q: Is 1,578,520 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,578,520 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 1,578,520 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 19 20 31 38 40 62 67 76 95 124 134 152 155 190 248 268 310 335 380 536 589 620 670 760 1,178 1,240 1,273 1,340 2,077 2,356 2,546 2,680 2,945 4,154 4,712 5,092 5,890 6,365 8,308 10,184 10,385 11,780 12,730 16,616 20,770 23,560 25,460 39,463 41,540 50,920 78,926 83,080 157,852 197,315 315,704 394,630 789,260 and 1,578,520, with no remainder.

Since 1,578,520 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,578,520, 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).