Q: Is 1,529,088 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,529,088 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 1,529,088 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 16 22 24 32 33 44 48 64 66 88 96 128 132 176 181 192 256 264 352 362 384 528 543 704 724 768 1,056 1,086 1,408 1,448 1,991 2,112 2,172 2,816 2,896 3,982 4,224 4,344 5,792 5,973 7,964 8,448 8,688 11,584 11,946 15,928 17,376 23,168 23,892 31,856 34,752 46,336 47,784 63,712 69,504 95,568 127,424 139,008 191,136 254,848 382,272 509,696 764,544 and 1,529,088, with no remainder.

Since 1,529,088 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,529,088, 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).