Q: Is 1,355,574 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,355,574 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 1,355,574 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 11 19 22 23 33 38 46 47 57 66 69 94 114 138 141 209 253 282 418 437 506 517 627 759 874 893 1,034 1,081 1,254 1,311 1,518 1,551 1,786 2,162 2,622 2,679 3,102 3,243 4,807 5,358 6,486 9,614 9,823 11,891 14,421 19,646 20,539 23,782 28,842 29,469 35,673 41,078 58,938 61,617 71,346 123,234 225,929 451,858 677,787 and 1,355,574, with no remainder.

Since 1,355,574 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,355,574, 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).