Q: Is 1,405,584 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,405,584 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 1,405,584 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 36 43 48 72 86 129 144 172 227 258 344 387 454 516 681 688 774 908 1,032 1,362 1,548 1,816 2,043 2,064 2,724 3,096 3,632 4,086 5,448 6,192 8,172 9,761 10,896 16,344 19,522 29,283 32,688 39,044 58,566 78,088 87,849 117,132 156,176 175,698 234,264 351,396 468,528 702,792 and 1,405,584, with no remainder.

Since 1,405,584 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,405,584, 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).