Q: Is 1,616,340 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,616,340 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 1,616,340 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 11 12 15 20 22 30 31 33 44 55 60 62 66 79 93 110 124 132 155 158 165 186 220 237 310 316 330 341 372 395 465 474 620 660 682 790 869 930 948 1,023 1,185 1,364 1,580 1,705 1,738 1,860 2,046 2,370 2,449 2,607 3,410 3,476 4,092 4,345 4,740 4,898 5,115 5,214 6,820 7,347 8,690 9,796 10,230 10,428 12,245 13,035 14,694 17,380 20,460 24,490 26,070 26,939 29,388 36,735 48,980 52,140 53,878 73,470 80,817 107,756 134,695 146,940 161,634 269,390 323,268 404,085 538,780 808,170 and 1,616,340, with no remainder.

Since 1,616,340 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,616,340, 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).