Q: Is 1,332,528 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,332,528 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 1,332,528 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 17 23 24 34 46 48 51 68 69 71 92 102 136 138 142 184 204 213 272 276 284 368 391 408 426 552 568 782 816 852 1,104 1,136 1,173 1,207 1,564 1,633 1,704 2,346 2,414 3,128 3,266 3,408 3,621 4,692 4,828 4,899 6,256 6,532 7,242 9,384 9,656 9,798 13,064 14,484 18,768 19,312 19,596 26,128 27,761 28,968 39,192 55,522 57,936 78,384 83,283 111,044 166,566 222,088 333,132 444,176 666,264 and 1,332,528, with no remainder.

Since 1,332,528 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,332,528, 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).