Q: Is 1,497,870 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,497,870 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 1,497,870 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 9 10 11 15 17 18 22 30 33 34 45 51 55 66 85 89 90 99 102 110 153 165 170 178 187 198 255 267 306 330 374 445 495 510 534 561 765 801 890 935 979 990 1,122 1,335 1,513 1,530 1,602 1,683 1,870 1,958 2,670 2,805 2,937 3,026 3,366 4,005 4,539 4,895 5,610 5,874 7,565 8,010 8,415 8,811 9,078 9,790 13,617 14,685 15,130 16,643 16,830 17,622 22,695 27,234 29,370 33,286 44,055 45,390 49,929 68,085 83,215 88,110 99,858 136,170 149,787 166,430 249,645 299,574 499,290 748,935 and 1,497,870, with no remainder.

Since 1,497,870 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,497,870, 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).