Q: Is 1,431,584 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,431,584 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 1,431,584 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 11 14 16 22 28 32 44 49 56 77 83 88 98 112 154 166 176 196 224 308 332 352 392 539 581 616 664 784 913 1,078 1,162 1,232 1,328 1,568 1,826 2,156 2,324 2,464 2,656 3,652 4,067 4,312 4,648 6,391 7,304 8,134 8,624 9,296 12,782 14,608 16,268 17,248 18,592 25,564 29,216 32,536 44,737 51,128 65,072 89,474 102,256 130,144 178,948 204,512 357,896 715,792 and 1,431,584, with no remainder.

Since 1,431,584 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,431,584, 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).