Q: Is 1,502,820 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,502,820 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 1,502,820 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 11 12 15 18 20 22 23 27 30 33 36 44 45 46 54 55 60 66 69 90 92 99 108 110 115 121 132 135 138 165 180 198 207 220 230 242 253 270 276 297 330 345 363 396 414 460 484 495 506 540 594 605 621 660 690 726 759 828 990 1,012 1,035 1,089 1,188 1,210 1,242 1,265 1,380 1,452 1,485 1,518 1,815 1,980 2,070 2,178 2,277 2,420 2,484 2,530 2,783 2,970 3,036 3,105 3,267 3,630 3,795 4,140 4,356 4,554 5,060 5,445 5,566 5,940 6,210 6,534 6,831 7,260 7,590 8,349 9,108 10,890 11,132 11,385 12,420 13,068 13,662 13,915 15,180 16,335 16,698 21,780 22,770 25,047 27,324 27,830 32,670 33,396 34,155 41,745 45,540 50,094 55,660 65,340 68,310 75,141 83,490 100,188 125,235 136,620 150,282 166,980 250,470 300,564 375,705 500,940 751,410 and 1,502,820, with no remainder.

Since 1,502,820 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,502,820, 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).