Q: Is 1,533,504 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,533,504 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 1,533,504 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 32 42 48 49 56 64 84 96 98 112 147 163 168 192 196 224 294 326 336 392 448 489 588 652 672 784 978 1,141 1,176 1,304 1,344 1,568 1,956 2,282 2,352 2,608 3,136 3,423 3,912 4,564 4,704 5,216 6,846 7,824 7,987 9,128 9,408 10,432 13,692 15,648 15,974 18,256 23,961 27,384 31,296 31,948 36,512 47,922 54,768 63,896 73,024 95,844 109,536 127,792 191,688 219,072 255,584 383,376 511,168 766,752 and 1,533,504, with no remainder.

Since 1,533,504 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,533,504, 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).