Q: Is 1,476,144 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,476,144 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 1,476,144 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 17 18 24 27 34 36 48 51 54 67 68 72 81 102 108 134 136 144 153 162 201 204 216 268 272 306 324 402 408 432 459 536 603 612 648 804 816 918 1,072 1,139 1,206 1,224 1,296 1,377 1,608 1,809 1,836 2,278 2,412 2,448 2,754 3,216 3,417 3,618 3,672 4,556 4,824 5,427 5,508 6,834 7,236 7,344 9,112 9,648 10,251 10,854 11,016 13,668 14,472 18,224 20,502 21,708 22,032 27,336 28,944 30,753 41,004 43,416 54,672 61,506 82,008 86,832 92,259 123,012 164,016 184,518 246,024 369,036 492,048 738,072 and 1,476,144, with no remainder.

Since 1,476,144 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,476,144, 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).