Q: Is 1,595,520 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,595,520 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 1,595,520 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 16 18 20 24 30 32 36 40 45 48 60 64 72 80 90 96 120 128 144 160 180 192 240 277 288 320 360 384 480 554 576 640 720 831 960 1,108 1,152 1,385 1,440 1,662 1,920 2,216 2,493 2,770 2,880 3,324 4,155 4,432 4,986 5,540 5,760 6,648 8,310 8,864 9,972 11,080 12,465 13,296 16,620 17,728 19,944 22,160 24,930 26,592 33,240 35,456 39,888 44,320 49,860 53,184 66,480 79,776 88,640 99,720 106,368 132,960 159,552 177,280 199,440 265,920 319,104 398,880 531,840 797,760 and 1,595,520, with no remainder.

Since 1,595,520 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,595,520, 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).