Q: Is 1,857,120 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,857,120 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 1,857,120 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 32 40 48 53 60 73 80 96 106 120 146 159 160 212 219 240 265 292 318 365 424 438 480 530 584 636 730 795 848 876 1,060 1,095 1,168 1,272 1,460 1,590 1,696 1,752 2,120 2,190 2,336 2,544 2,920 3,180 3,504 3,869 4,240 4,380 5,088 5,840 6,360 7,008 7,738 8,480 8,760 11,607 11,680 12,720 15,476 17,520 19,345 23,214 25,440 30,952 35,040 38,690 46,428 58,035 61,904 77,380 92,856 116,070 123,808 154,760 185,712 232,140 309,520 371,424 464,280 619,040 928,560 and 1,857,120, with no remainder.

Since 1,857,120 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,857,120, 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).