Q: Is 1,503,936 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,503,936 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 1,503,936 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 28 32 36 42 48 56 63 64 72 84 96 112 126 144 168 192 224 252 288 336 373 448 504 576 672 746 1,008 1,119 1,344 1,492 2,016 2,238 2,611 2,984 3,357 4,032 4,476 5,222 5,968 6,714 7,833 8,952 10,444 11,936 13,428 15,666 17,904 20,888 23,499 23,872 26,856 31,332 35,808 41,776 46,998 53,712 62,664 71,616 83,552 93,996 107,424 125,328 167,104 187,992 214,848 250,656 375,984 501,312 751,968 and 1,503,936, with no remainder.

Since 1,503,936 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,503,936, 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).