Q: Is 1,446,552 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,446,552 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 1,446,552 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 27 36 37 54 72 74 108 111 148 181 216 222 296 333 362 444 543 666 724 888 999 1,086 1,332 1,448 1,629 1,998 2,172 2,664 3,258 3,996 4,344 4,887 6,516 6,697 7,992 9,774 13,032 13,394 19,548 20,091 26,788 39,096 40,182 53,576 60,273 80,364 120,546 160,728 180,819 241,092 361,638 482,184 723,276 and 1,446,552, with no remainder.

Since 1,446,552 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,446,552, 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).