Q: Is 1,015,740 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,015,740 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 1,015,740 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 11 12 15 18 19 20 22 27 30 33 36 38 44 45 54 55 57 60 66 76 81 90 95 99 108 110 114 132 135 162 165 171 180 190 198 209 220 228 243 270 285 297 324 330 342 380 396 405 418 486 495 513 540 570 594 627 660 684 810 836 855 891 972 990 1,026 1,045 1,140 1,188 1,215 1,254 1,485 1,539 1,620 1,710 1,782 1,881 1,980 2,052 2,090 2,430 2,508 2,565 2,673 2,970 3,078 3,135 3,420 3,564 3,762 4,180 4,455 4,617 4,860 5,130 5,346 5,643 5,940 6,156 6,270 7,524 7,695 8,910 9,234 9,405 10,260 10,692 11,286 12,540 13,365 15,390 16,929 17,820 18,468 18,810 22,572 23,085 26,730 28,215 30,780 33,858 37,620 46,170 50,787 53,460 56,430 67,716 84,645 92,340 101,574 112,860 169,290 203,148 253,935 338,580 507,870 and 1,015,740, with no remainder.

Since 1,015,740 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,015,740, 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).