Q: Is 1,492,260 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,492,260 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 1,492,260 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 12 14 15 17 19 20 21 22 28 30 33 34 35 38 42 44 51 55 57 60 66 68 70 76 77 84 85 95 102 105 110 114 119 132 133 140 154 165 170 187 190 204 209 210 220 228 231 238 255 266 285 308 323 330 340 357 374 380 385 399 418 420 462 476 510 532 561 570 595 627 646 660 665 714 748 770 798 836 924 935 969 1,020 1,045 1,122 1,140 1,155 1,190 1,254 1,292 1,309 1,330 1,428 1,463 1,540 1,596 1,615 1,785 1,870 1,938 1,995 2,090 2,244 2,261 2,310 2,380 2,508 2,618 2,660 2,805 2,926 3,135 3,230 3,553 3,570 3,740 3,876 3,927 3,990 4,180 4,389 4,522 4,620 4,845 5,236 5,610 5,852 6,270 6,460 6,545 6,783 7,106 7,140 7,315 7,854 7,980 8,778 9,044 9,690 10,659 11,220 11,305 12,540 13,090 13,566 14,212 14,630 15,708 17,556 17,765 19,380 19,635 21,318 21,945 22,610 24,871 26,180 27,132 29,260 33,915 35,530 39,270 42,636 43,890 45,220 49,742 53,295 67,830 71,060 74,613 78,540 87,780 99,484 106,590 124,355 135,660 149,226 213,180 248,710 298,452 373,065 497,420 746,130 and 1,492,260, with no remainder.

Since 1,492,260 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,492,260, 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).