Q: Is 1,516,008 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,516,008 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 1,516,008 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 24 26 39 43 52 78 86 104 113 129 156 172 226 258 312 339 344 452 516 559 678 904 1,032 1,118 1,356 1,469 1,677 2,236 2,712 2,938 3,354 4,407 4,472 4,859 5,876 6,708 8,814 9,718 11,752 13,416 14,577 17,628 19,436 29,154 35,256 38,872 58,308 63,167 116,616 126,334 189,501 252,668 379,002 505,336 758,004 and 1,516,008, with no remainder.

Since 1,516,008 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,516,008, 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).