Q: Is 1,426,230 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,426,230 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 1,426,230 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 9 10 13 15 18 23 26 30 39 45 46 53 65 69 78 90 106 115 117 130 138 159 195 207 230 234 265 299 318 345 390 414 477 530 585 598 689 690 795 897 954 1,035 1,170 1,219 1,378 1,495 1,590 1,794 2,067 2,070 2,385 2,438 2,691 2,990 3,445 3,657 4,134 4,485 4,770 5,382 6,095 6,201 6,890 7,314 8,970 10,335 10,971 12,190 12,402 13,455 15,847 18,285 20,670 21,942 26,910 31,005 31,694 36,570 47,541 54,855 62,010 79,235 95,082 109,710 142,623 158,470 237,705 285,246 475,410 713,115 and 1,426,230, with no remainder.

Since 1,426,230 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,426,230, 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).