Q: Is 1,531,488 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,531,488 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 1,531,488 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 32 42 43 48 53 56 84 86 96 106 112 129 159 168 172 212 224 258 301 318 336 344 371 424 516 602 636 672 688 742 848 903 1,032 1,113 1,204 1,272 1,376 1,484 1,696 1,806 2,064 2,226 2,279 2,408 2,544 2,968 3,612 4,128 4,452 4,558 4,816 5,088 5,936 6,837 7,224 8,904 9,116 9,632 11,872 13,674 14,448 15,953 17,808 18,232 27,348 28,896 31,906 35,616 36,464 47,859 54,696 63,812 72,928 95,718 109,392 127,624 191,436 218,784 255,248 382,872 510,496 765,744 and 1,531,488, with no remainder.

Since 1,531,488 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,531,488, 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).