Q: Is 1,477,152 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,477,152 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 1,477,152 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 23 24 32 36 46 48 69 72 92 96 138 144 184 207 223 276 288 368 414 446 552 669 736 828 892 1,104 1,338 1,656 1,784 2,007 2,208 2,676 3,312 3,568 4,014 5,129 5,352 6,624 7,136 8,028 10,258 10,704 15,387 16,056 20,516 21,408 30,774 32,112 41,032 46,161 61,548 64,224 82,064 92,322 123,096 164,128 184,644 246,192 369,288 492,384 738,576 and 1,477,152, with no remainder.

Since 1,477,152 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,477,152, 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).