Q: Is 1,494,540 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,494,540 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 1,494,540 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 15 18 19 20 23 30 36 38 45 46 57 60 69 76 90 92 95 114 115 138 171 180 190 207 228 230 276 285 342 345 361 380 414 437 460 570 684 690 722 828 855 874 1,035 1,083 1,140 1,311 1,380 1,444 1,710 1,748 1,805 2,070 2,166 2,185 2,622 3,249 3,420 3,610 3,933 4,140 4,332 4,370 5,244 5,415 6,498 6,555 7,220 7,866 8,303 8,740 10,830 12,996 13,110 15,732 16,245 16,606 19,665 21,660 24,909 26,220 32,490 33,212 39,330 41,515 49,818 64,980 74,727 78,660 83,030 99,636 124,545 149,454 166,060 249,090 298,908 373,635 498,180 747,270 and 1,494,540, with no remainder.

Since 1,494,540 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,494,540, 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).