Q: Is 1,536,216 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,536,216 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 1,536,216 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 22 23 24 33 44 46 66 69 88 92 121 132 138 184 242 253 264 276 363 484 506 529 552 726 759 968 1,012 1,058 1,452 1,518 1,587 2,024 2,116 2,783 2,904 3,036 3,174 4,232 5,566 5,819 6,072 6,348 8,349 11,132 11,638 12,696 16,698 17,457 22,264 23,276 33,396 34,914 46,552 64,009 66,792 69,828 128,018 139,656 192,027 256,036 384,054 512,072 768,108 and 1,536,216, with no remainder.

Since 1,536,216 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,536,216, 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).