Q: Is 1,509,192 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,509,192 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 1,509,192 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 17 18 24 27 34 36 51 54 68 72 81 102 108 136 137 153 162 204 216 274 306 324 408 411 459 548 612 648 822 918 1,096 1,224 1,233 1,377 1,644 1,836 2,329 2,466 2,754 3,288 3,672 3,699 4,658 4,932 5,508 6,987 7,398 9,316 9,864 11,016 11,097 13,974 14,796 18,632 20,961 22,194 27,948 29,592 41,922 44,388 55,896 62,883 83,844 88,776 125,766 167,688 188,649 251,532 377,298 503,064 754,596 and 1,509,192, with no remainder.

Since 1,509,192 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,509,192, 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).