Q: Is 1,415,216 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,415,216 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 1,415,216 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 11 16 17 22 34 43 44 68 86 88 121 136 172 176 187 242 272 344 374 473 484 688 731 748 946 968 1,462 1,496 1,892 1,936 2,057 2,924 2,992 3,784 4,114 5,203 5,848 7,568 8,041 8,228 10,406 11,696 16,082 16,456 20,812 32,164 32,912 41,624 64,328 83,248 88,451 128,656 176,902 353,804 707,608 and 1,415,216, with no remainder.

Since 1,415,216 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,415,216, 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).