Q: Is 1,537,704 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,537,704 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 1,537,704 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 18 21 24 27 28 36 42 54 56 63 72 81 84 108 113 126 162 168 189 216 226 243 252 324 339 378 452 486 504 567 648 678 756 791 904 972 1,017 1,134 1,356 1,512 1,582 1,701 1,944 2,034 2,268 2,373 2,712 3,051 3,164 3,402 4,068 4,536 4,746 6,102 6,328 6,804 7,119 8,136 9,153 9,492 12,204 13,608 14,238 18,306 18,984 21,357 24,408 27,459 28,476 36,612 42,714 54,918 56,952 64,071 73,224 85,428 109,836 128,142 170,856 192,213 219,672 256,284 384,426 512,568 768,852 and 1,537,704, with no remainder.

Since 1,537,704 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,537,704, 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).