Q: Is 1,491,462 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,491,462 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 1,491,462 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 14 18 19 21 38 42 49 57 63 89 98 114 126 133 147 171 178 266 267 294 342 399 441 534 623 798 801 882 931 1,197 1,246 1,602 1,691 1,862 1,869 2,394 2,793 3,382 3,738 4,361 5,073 5,586 5,607 8,379 8,722 10,146 11,214 11,837 13,083 15,219 16,758 23,674 26,166 30,438 35,511 39,249 71,022 78,498 82,859 106,533 165,718 213,066 248,577 497,154 745,731 and 1,491,462, with no remainder.

Since 1,491,462 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,491,462, 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).