Q: Is 1,471,008 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,471,008 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 1,471,008 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 11 12 14 16 21 22 24 28 32 33 42 44 48 56 66 77 84 88 96 112 132 154 168 176 199 224 231 264 308 336 352 398 462 528 597 616 672 796 924 1,056 1,194 1,232 1,393 1,592 1,848 2,189 2,388 2,464 2,786 3,184 3,696 4,179 4,378 4,776 5,572 6,368 6,567 7,392 8,358 8,756 9,552 11,144 13,134 15,323 16,716 17,512 19,104 22,288 26,268 30,646 33,432 35,024 44,576 45,969 52,536 61,292 66,864 70,048 91,938 105,072 122,584 133,728 183,876 210,144 245,168 367,752 490,336 735,504 and 1,471,008, with no remainder.

Since 1,471,008 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,471,008, 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).