Q: Is 1,962,720 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,962,720 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 1,962,720 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 16 18 20 24 29 30 32 36 40 45 47 48 58 60 72 80 87 90 94 96 116 120 141 144 145 160 174 180 188 232 235 240 261 282 288 290 348 360 376 423 435 464 470 480 522 564 580 696 705 720 752 846 870 928 940 1,044 1,128 1,160 1,305 1,363 1,392 1,410 1,440 1,504 1,692 1,740 1,880 2,088 2,115 2,256 2,320 2,610 2,726 2,784 2,820 3,384 3,480 3,760 4,089 4,176 4,230 4,512 4,640 5,220 5,452 5,640 6,768 6,815 6,960 7,520 8,178 8,352 8,460 10,440 10,904 11,280 12,267 13,536 13,630 13,920 16,356 16,920 20,445 20,880 21,808 22,560 24,534 27,260 32,712 33,840 40,890 41,760 43,616 49,068 54,520 61,335 65,424 67,680 81,780 98,136 109,040 122,670 130,848 163,560 196,272 218,080 245,340 327,120 392,544 490,680 654,240 981,360 and 1,962,720, with no remainder.

Since 1,962,720 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,962,720, 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).