Q: Is 1,516,896 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,516,896 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 1,516,896 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 23 24 32 36 46 48 69 72 92 96 138 144 184 207 229 276 288 368 414 458 552 687 736 828 916 1,104 1,374 1,656 1,832 2,061 2,208 2,748 3,312 3,664 4,122 5,267 5,496 6,624 7,328 8,244 10,534 10,992 15,801 16,488 21,068 21,984 31,602 32,976 42,136 47,403 63,204 65,952 84,272 94,806 126,408 168,544 189,612 252,816 379,224 505,632 758,448 and 1,516,896, with no remainder.

Since 1,516,896 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,516,896, 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).