Q: Is 1,464,372 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,464,372 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 1,464,372 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 12 13 14 18 21 26 27 28 36 39 42 52 54 63 78 84 91 108 117 126 149 156 182 189 234 252 273 298 351 364 378 447 468 546 596 702 756 819 894 1,043 1,092 1,341 1,404 1,638 1,788 1,937 2,086 2,457 2,682 3,129 3,276 3,874 4,023 4,172 4,914 5,364 5,811 6,258 7,748 8,046 9,387 9,828 11,622 12,516 13,559 16,092 17,433 18,774 23,244 27,118 28,161 34,866 37,548 40,677 52,299 54,236 56,322 69,732 81,354 104,598 112,644 122,031 162,708 209,196 244,062 366,093 488,124 732,186 and 1,464,372, with no remainder.

Since 1,464,372 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,464,372, 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).