Q: Is 1,515,516 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,515,516 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 1,515,516 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 12 17 19 23 34 38 46 51 57 68 69 76 92 102 114 138 204 228 276 289 323 391 437 578 646 782 867 874 969 1,156 1,173 1,292 1,311 1,564 1,734 1,748 1,938 2,346 2,622 3,468 3,876 4,692 5,244 5,491 6,647 7,429 10,982 13,294 14,858 16,473 19,941 21,964 22,287 26,588 29,716 32,946 39,882 44,574 65,892 79,764 89,148 126,293 252,586 378,879 505,172 757,758 and 1,515,516, with no remainder.

Since 1,515,516 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,515,516, 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).