Q: Is 1,437,552 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,437,552 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 1,437,552 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 36 48 67 72 134 144 149 201 268 298 402 447 536 596 603 804 894 1,072 1,192 1,206 1,341 1,608 1,788 2,384 2,412 2,682 3,216 3,576 4,824 5,364 7,152 9,648 9,983 10,728 19,966 21,456 29,949 39,932 59,898 79,864 89,847 119,796 159,728 179,694 239,592 359,388 479,184 718,776 and 1,437,552, with no remainder.

Since 1,437,552 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,437,552, 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).