Q: Is 1,328,544 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,328,544 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 1,328,544 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 28 32 36 42 48 56 63 72 84 96 112 126 144 168 224 252 288 336 504 659 672 1,008 1,318 1,977 2,016 2,636 3,954 4,613 5,272 5,931 7,908 9,226 10,544 11,862 13,839 15,816 18,452 21,088 23,724 27,678 31,632 36,904 41,517 47,448 55,356 63,264 73,808 83,034 94,896 110,712 147,616 166,068 189,792 221,424 332,136 442,848 664,272 and 1,328,544, with no remainder.

Since 1,328,544 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,328,544, 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).