Q: Is 1,518,920 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,518,920 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 1,518,920 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 13 20 23 26 40 46 52 65 92 104 115 127 130 184 230 254 260 299 460 508 520 598 635 920 1,016 1,196 1,270 1,495 1,651 2,392 2,540 2,921 2,990 3,302 5,080 5,842 5,980 6,604 8,255 11,684 11,960 13,208 14,605 16,510 23,368 29,210 33,020 37,973 58,420 66,040 75,946 116,840 151,892 189,865 303,784 379,730 759,460 and 1,518,920, with no remainder.

Since 1,518,920 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,518,920, 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).