Q: Is 1,539,468 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,539,468 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 1,539,468 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 12 14 18 21 28 36 41 42 63 82 84 123 126 149 164 246 252 287 298 369 447 492 574 596 738 861 894 1,043 1,148 1,341 1,476 1,722 1,788 2,086 2,583 2,682 3,129 3,444 4,172 5,166 5,364 6,109 6,258 9,387 10,332 12,218 12,516 18,327 18,774 24,436 36,654 37,548 42,763 54,981 73,308 85,526 109,962 128,289 171,052 219,924 256,578 384,867 513,156 769,734 and 1,539,468, with no remainder.

Since 1,539,468 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,539,468, 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).