Q: Is 1,506,624 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,506,624 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 1,506,624 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 19 21 24 28 32 38 42 48 56 57 59 64 76 84 96 112 114 118 133 152 168 177 192 224 228 236 266 304 336 354 399 413 448 456 472 532 608 672 708 798 826 912 944 1,064 1,121 1,216 1,239 1,344 1,416 1,596 1,652 1,824 1,888 2,128 2,242 2,478 2,832 3,192 3,304 3,363 3,648 3,776 4,256 4,484 4,956 5,664 6,384 6,608 6,726 7,847 8,512 8,968 9,912 11,328 12,768 13,216 13,452 15,694 17,936 19,824 23,541 25,536 26,432 26,904 31,388 35,872 39,648 47,082 53,808 62,776 71,744 79,296 94,164 107,616 125,552 188,328 215,232 251,104 376,656 502,208 753,312 and 1,506,624, with no remainder.

Since 1,506,624 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,506,624, 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).