Q: Is 1,445,496 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,445,496 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 1,445,496 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 24 26 39 41 52 78 82 104 113 123 156 164 226 246 312 328 339 452 492 533 678 904 984 1,066 1,356 1,469 1,599 2,132 2,712 2,938 3,198 4,264 4,407 4,633 5,876 6,396 8,814 9,266 11,752 12,792 13,899 17,628 18,532 27,798 35,256 37,064 55,596 60,229 111,192 120,458 180,687 240,916 361,374 481,832 722,748 and 1,445,496, with no remainder.

Since 1,445,496 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,445,496, 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).