Q: Is 1,414,840 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,414,840 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 1,414,840 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 14 20 28 31 35 40 56 62 70 124 140 155 163 217 248 280 310 326 434 620 652 815 868 1,085 1,141 1,240 1,304 1,630 1,736 2,170 2,282 3,260 4,340 4,564 5,053 5,705 6,520 8,680 9,128 10,106 11,410 20,212 22,820 25,265 35,371 40,424 45,640 50,530 70,742 101,060 141,484 176,855 202,120 282,968 353,710 707,420 and 1,414,840, with no remainder.

Since 1,414,840 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,414,840, 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).