Q: Is 1,335,552 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,335,552 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 1,335,552 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 32 37 47 48 64 74 94 96 111 128 141 148 188 192 222 256 282 296 376 384 444 564 592 752 768 888 1,128 1,184 1,504 1,739 1,776 2,256 2,368 3,008 3,478 3,552 4,512 4,736 5,217 6,016 6,956 7,104 9,024 9,472 10,434 12,032 13,912 14,208 18,048 20,868 27,824 28,416 36,096 41,736 55,648 83,472 111,296 166,944 222,592 333,888 445,184 667,776 and 1,335,552, with no remainder.

Since 1,335,552 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,335,552, 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).