Q: Is 1,506,648 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,506,648 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 1,506,648 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 13 22 24 26 33 39 44 52 66 78 88 104 132 143 156 264 286 312 429 439 572 858 878 1,144 1,317 1,716 1,756 2,634 3,432 3,512 4,829 5,268 5,707 9,658 10,536 11,414 14,487 17,121 19,316 22,828 28,974 34,242 38,632 45,656 57,948 62,777 68,484 115,896 125,554 136,968 188,331 251,108 376,662 502,216 753,324 and 1,506,648, with no remainder.

Since 1,506,648 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,506,648, 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).