Q: Is 1,497,672 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,497,672 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 1,497,672 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 18 22 24 31 33 36 44 61 62 66 72 88 93 99 122 124 132 183 186 198 244 248 264 279 341 366 372 396 488 549 558 671 682 732 744 792 1,023 1,098 1,116 1,342 1,364 1,464 1,891 2,013 2,046 2,196 2,232 2,684 2,728 3,069 3,782 4,026 4,092 4,392 5,368 5,673 6,039 6,138 7,564 8,052 8,184 11,346 12,078 12,276 15,128 16,104 17,019 20,801 22,692 24,156 24,552 34,038 41,602 45,384 48,312 62,403 68,076 83,204 124,806 136,152 166,408 187,209 249,612 374,418 499,224 748,836 and 1,497,672, with no remainder.

Since 1,497,672 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,497,672, 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).