Q: Is 1,540,944 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,540,944 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 1,540,944 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 29 36 41 48 54 58 72 81 82 87 108 116 123 144 162 164 174 216 232 246 261 324 328 348 369 432 464 492 522 648 656 696 738 783 984 1,044 1,107 1,189 1,296 1,392 1,476 1,566 1,968 2,088 2,214 2,349 2,378 2,952 3,132 3,321 3,567 4,176 4,428 4,698 4,756 5,904 6,264 6,642 7,134 8,856 9,396 9,512 10,701 12,528 13,284 14,268 17,712 18,792 19,024 21,402 26,568 28,536 32,103 37,584 42,804 53,136 57,072 64,206 85,608 96,309 128,412 171,216 192,618 256,824 385,236 513,648 770,472 and 1,540,944, with no remainder.

Since 1,540,944 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,540,944, 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).