Q: Is 1,549,560 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,549,560 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 1,549,560 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 37 40 60 74 111 120 148 185 222 296 349 370 444 555 698 740 888 1,047 1,110 1,396 1,480 1,745 2,094 2,220 2,792 3,490 4,188 4,440 5,235 6,980 8,376 10,470 12,913 13,960 20,940 25,826 38,739 41,880 51,652 64,565 77,478 103,304 129,130 154,956 193,695 258,260 309,912 387,390 516,520 774,780 and 1,549,560, with no remainder.

Since 1,549,560 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,549,560, 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).