Q: Is 1,589,940 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,589,940 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 1,589,940 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 11 12 15 18 20 22 30 33 36 44 45 55 60 66 73 90 99 110 121 132 146 165 180 198 219 220 242 292 330 363 365 396 438 484 495 605 657 660 726 730 803 876 990 1,089 1,095 1,210 1,314 1,452 1,460 1,606 1,815 1,980 2,178 2,190 2,409 2,420 2,628 3,212 3,285 3,630 4,015 4,356 4,380 4,818 5,445 6,570 7,227 7,260 8,030 8,833 9,636 10,890 12,045 13,140 14,454 16,060 17,666 21,780 24,090 26,499 28,908 35,332 36,135 44,165 48,180 52,998 72,270 79,497 88,330 105,996 132,495 144,540 158,994 176,660 264,990 317,988 397,485 529,980 794,970 and 1,589,940, with no remainder.

Since 1,589,940 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,589,940, 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).