Q: Is 1,518,528 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,518,528 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 1,518,528 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 16 22 24 32 33 44 48 64 66 88 96 132 176 192 264 352 528 704 719 1,056 1,438 2,112 2,157 2,876 4,314 5,752 7,909 8,628 11,504 15,818 17,256 23,008 23,727 31,636 34,512 46,016 47,454 63,272 69,024 94,908 126,544 138,048 189,816 253,088 379,632 506,176 759,264 and 1,518,528, with no remainder.

Since 1,518,528 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,518,528, 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).