Q: Is 1,486,464 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,486,464 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 1,486,464 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 32 42 48 49 56 64 79 84 96 98 112 128 147 158 168 192 196 224 237 294 316 336 384 392 448 474 553 588 632 672 784 896 948 1,106 1,176 1,264 1,344 1,568 1,659 1,896 2,212 2,352 2,528 2,688 3,136 3,318 3,792 3,871 4,424 4,704 5,056 6,272 6,636 7,584 7,742 8,848 9,408 10,112 11,613 13,272 15,168 15,484 17,696 18,816 23,226 26,544 30,336 30,968 35,392 46,452 53,088 61,936 70,784 92,904 106,176 123,872 185,808 212,352 247,744 371,616 495,488 743,232 and 1,486,464, with no remainder.

Since 1,486,464 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,486,464, 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).