Q: Is 1,655,940 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,655,940 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 1,655,940 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 11 12 13 15 20 22 26 30 33 39 44 52 55 60 65 66 78 110 130 132 143 156 165 193 195 220 260 286 330 386 390 429 572 579 660 715 772 780 858 965 1,158 1,430 1,716 1,930 2,123 2,145 2,316 2,509 2,860 2,895 3,860 4,246 4,290 5,018 5,790 6,369 7,527 8,492 8,580 10,036 10,615 11,580 12,545 12,738 15,054 21,230 25,090 25,476 27,599 30,108 31,845 37,635 42,460 50,180 55,198 63,690 75,270 82,797 110,396 127,380 137,995 150,540 165,594 275,990 331,188 413,985 551,980 827,970 and 1,655,940, with no remainder.

Since 1,655,940 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,655,940, 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).