Q: Is 1,539,538 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,539,538 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 1,539,538 can be evenly divided by 1 2 7 11 13 14 22 26 77 91 143 154 182 286 769 1,001 1,538 2,002 5,383 8,459 9,997 10,766 16,918 19,994 59,213 69,979 109,967 118,426 139,958 219,934 769,769 and 1,539,538, with no remainder.

Since 1,539,538 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,539,538, 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).