Q: Is 1,365,552 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,365,552 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 1,365,552 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 29 36 48 54 58 72 87 108 109 116 144 174 216 218 232 261 327 348 432 436 464 522 654 696 783 872 981 1,044 1,308 1,392 1,566 1,744 1,962 2,088 2,616 2,943 3,132 3,161 3,924 4,176 5,232 5,886 6,264 6,322 7,848 9,483 11,772 12,528 12,644 15,696 18,966 23,544 25,288 28,449 37,932 47,088 50,576 56,898 75,864 85,347 113,796 151,728 170,694 227,592 341,388 455,184 682,776 and 1,365,552, with no remainder.

Since 1,365,552 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,365,552, 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).