Q: Is 1,524,952 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,524,952 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 1,524,952 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 11 13 22 26 31 43 44 52 62 86 88 104 124 143 172 248 286 341 344 403 473 559 572 682 806 946 1,118 1,144 1,333 1,364 1,612 1,892 2,236 2,666 2,728 3,224 3,784 4,433 4,472 5,332 6,149 8,866 10,664 12,298 14,663 17,329 17,732 24,596 29,326 34,658 35,464 49,192 58,652 69,316 117,304 138,632 190,619 381,238 762,476 and 1,524,952, with no remainder.

Since 1,524,952 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,524,952, 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).