Q: Is 1,488,564 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,488,564 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 1,488,564 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 11 12 14 18 21 22 27 28 33 36 42 44 54 63 66 77 84 99 108 126 132 154 179 189 198 231 252 297 308 358 378 396 462 537 594 693 716 756 924 1,074 1,188 1,253 1,386 1,611 1,969 2,079 2,148 2,506 2,772 3,222 3,759 3,938 4,158 4,833 5,012 5,907 6,444 7,518 7,876 8,316 9,666 11,277 11,814 13,783 15,036 17,721 19,332 22,554 23,628 27,566 33,831 35,442 41,349 45,108 53,163 55,132 67,662 70,884 82,698 106,326 124,047 135,324 165,396 212,652 248,094 372,141 496,188 744,282 and 1,488,564, with no remainder.

Since 1,488,564 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,488,564, 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).