Q: Is 1,405,536 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,405,536 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 1,405,536 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 16 22 24 32 33 44 48 66 88 96 121 132 176 242 264 352 363 484 528 726 968 1,056 1,331 1,452 1,936 2,662 2,904 3,872 3,993 5,324 5,808 7,986 10,648 11,616 14,641 15,972 21,296 29,282 31,944 42,592 43,923 58,564 63,888 87,846 117,128 127,776 175,692 234,256 351,384 468,512 702,768 and 1,405,536, with no remainder.

Since 1,405,536 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,405,536, 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).