Q: Is 1,486,848 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,486,848 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 1,486,848 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 16 22 24 32 33 44 48 64 66 88 96 121 128 132 176 192 242 256 264 352 363 384 484 512 528 704 726 768 968 1,024 1,056 1,408 1,452 1,536 1,936 2,048 2,112 2,816 2,904 3,072 3,872 4,096 4,224 5,632 5,808 6,144 7,744 8,448 11,264 11,616 12,288 15,488 16,896 22,528 23,232 30,976 33,792 45,056 46,464 61,952 67,584 92,928 123,904 135,168 185,856 247,808 371,712 495,616 743,424 and 1,486,848, with no remainder.

Since 1,486,848 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,486,848, 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).