Q: Is 1,475,424 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,475,424 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 1,475,424 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 32 36 47 48 72 94 96 109 141 144 188 218 282 288 327 376 423 436 564 654 752 846 872 981 1,128 1,308 1,504 1,692 1,744 1,962 2,256 2,616 3,384 3,488 3,924 4,512 5,123 5,232 6,768 7,848 10,246 10,464 13,536 15,369 15,696 20,492 30,738 31,392 40,984 46,107 61,476 81,968 92,214 122,952 163,936 184,428 245,904 368,856 491,808 737,712 and 1,475,424, with no remainder.

Since 1,475,424 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,475,424, 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).