Q: Is 1,542,072 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,542,072 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 1,542,072 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 21 24 28 42 56 67 84 134 137 168 201 268 274 402 411 469 536 548 804 822 938 959 1,096 1,407 1,608 1,644 1,876 1,918 2,814 2,877 3,288 3,752 3,836 5,628 5,754 7,672 9,179 11,256 11,508 18,358 23,016 27,537 36,716 55,074 64,253 73,432 110,148 128,506 192,759 220,296 257,012 385,518 514,024 771,036 and 1,542,072, with no remainder.

Since 1,542,072 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,542,072, 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).