Q: Is 1,467,864 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,467,864 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 1,467,864 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 19 24 29 36 37 38 57 58 72 74 76 87 111 114 116 148 152 171 174 222 228 232 261 296 333 342 348 444 456 522 551 666 684 696 703 888 1,044 1,073 1,102 1,332 1,368 1,406 1,653 2,088 2,109 2,146 2,204 2,664 2,812 3,219 3,306 4,218 4,292 4,408 4,959 5,624 6,327 6,438 6,612 8,436 8,584 9,657 9,918 12,654 12,876 13,224 16,872 19,314 19,836 20,387 25,308 25,752 38,628 39,672 40,774 50,616 61,161 77,256 81,548 122,322 163,096 183,483 244,644 366,966 489,288 733,932 and 1,467,864, with no remainder.

Since 1,467,864 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,467,864, 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).