Q: Is 471,120 a Composite Number?

Why is 471,120 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 471,120 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 13 15 16 20 24 26 30 39 40 48 52 60 65 78 80 104 120 130 151 156 195 208 240 260 302 312 390 453 520 604 624 755 780 906 1,040 1,208 1,510 1,560 1,812 1,963 2,265 2,416 3,020 3,120 3,624 3,926 4,530 5,889 6,040 7,248 7,852 9,060 9,815 11,778 12,080 15,704 18,120 19,630 23,556 29,445 31,408 36,240 39,260 47,112 58,890 78,520 94,224 117,780 157,040 235,560 and 471,120, with no remainder.

Since 471,120 cannot be divided by just 1 and 471,120, 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).