Q: Is 1,536,732 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,536,732 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 1,536,732 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 17 18 27 31 34 36 51 54 62 68 81 93 102 108 124 153 162 186 204 243 279 306 324 372 459 486 527 558 612 729 837 918 972 1,054 1,116 1,377 1,458 1,581 1,674 1,836 2,108 2,511 2,754 2,916 3,162 3,348 4,131 4,743 5,022 5,508 6,324 7,533 8,262 9,486 10,044 12,393 14,229 15,066 16,524 18,972 22,599 24,786 28,458 30,132 42,687 45,198 49,572 56,916 85,374 90,396 128,061 170,748 256,122 384,183 512,244 768,366 and 1,536,732, with no remainder.

Since 1,536,732 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,536,732, 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).