Q: Is 1,494,696 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,494,696 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 1,494,696 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 21 24 28 31 41 42 49 56 62 82 84 93 98 123 124 147 164 168 186 196 217 246 248 287 294 328 372 392 434 492 574 588 651 744 861 868 984 1,148 1,176 1,271 1,302 1,519 1,722 1,736 2,009 2,296 2,542 2,604 3,038 3,444 3,813 4,018 4,557 5,084 5,208 6,027 6,076 6,888 7,626 8,036 8,897 9,114 10,168 12,054 12,152 15,252 16,072 17,794 18,228 24,108 26,691 30,504 35,588 36,456 48,216 53,382 62,279 71,176 106,764 124,558 186,837 213,528 249,116 373,674 498,232 747,348 and 1,494,696, with no remainder.

Since 1,494,696 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,494,696, 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).