Q: Is 1,353,534 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,353,534 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 1,353,534 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 13 14 21 26 37 39 42 67 74 78 91 111 134 182 201 222 259 273 402 469 481 518 546 777 871 938 962 1,407 1,443 1,554 1,742 2,479 2,613 2,814 2,886 3,367 4,958 5,226 6,097 6,734 7,437 10,101 12,194 14,874 17,353 18,291 20,202 32,227 34,706 36,582 52,059 64,454 96,681 104,118 193,362 225,589 451,178 676,767 and 1,353,534, with no remainder.

Since 1,353,534 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,353,534, 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).