Q: Is 1,482,672 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,482,672 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 1,482,672 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 17 23 24 34 46 48 51 68 69 79 92 102 136 138 158 184 204 237 272 276 316 368 391 408 474 552 632 782 816 948 1,104 1,173 1,264 1,343 1,564 1,817 1,896 2,346 2,686 3,128 3,634 3,792 4,029 4,692 5,372 5,451 6,256 7,268 8,058 9,384 10,744 10,902 14,536 16,116 18,768 21,488 21,804 29,072 30,889 32,232 43,608 61,778 64,464 87,216 92,667 123,556 185,334 247,112 370,668 494,224 741,336 and 1,482,672, with no remainder.

Since 1,482,672 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,482,672, 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).