Q: Is 1,527,984 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,527,984 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 1,527,984 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 36 48 54 72 81 108 131 144 162 216 243 262 324 393 432 486 524 648 729 786 972 1,048 1,179 1,296 1,458 1,572 1,944 2,096 2,358 2,916 3,144 3,537 3,888 4,716 5,832 6,288 7,074 9,432 10,611 11,664 14,148 18,864 21,222 28,296 31,833 42,444 56,592 63,666 84,888 95,499 127,332 169,776 190,998 254,664 381,996 509,328 763,992 and 1,527,984, with no remainder.

Since 1,527,984 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,527,984, 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).