Q: Is 1,398,540 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,398,540 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 1,398,540 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 11 12 13 15 20 22 26 30 33 39 44 52 55 60 65 66 78 110 130 132 143 156 163 165 195 220 260 286 326 330 390 429 489 572 652 660 715 780 815 858 978 1,430 1,630 1,716 1,793 1,956 2,119 2,145 2,445 2,860 3,260 3,586 4,238 4,290 4,890 5,379 6,357 7,172 8,476 8,580 8,965 9,780 10,595 10,758 12,714 17,930 21,190 21,516 23,309 25,428 26,895 31,785 35,860 42,380 46,618 53,790 63,570 69,927 93,236 107,580 116,545 127,140 139,854 233,090 279,708 349,635 466,180 699,270 and 1,398,540, with no remainder.

Since 1,398,540 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,398,540, 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).