Q: Is 1,542,648 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,542,648 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 1,542,648 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 17 19 24 34 38 51 57 68 76 102 114 136 152 199 204 228 323 398 408 456 597 646 796 969 1,194 1,292 1,592 1,938 2,388 2,584 3,383 3,781 3,876 4,776 6,766 7,562 7,752 10,149 11,343 13,532 15,124 20,298 22,686 27,064 30,248 40,596 45,372 64,277 81,192 90,744 128,554 192,831 257,108 385,662 514,216 771,324 and 1,542,648, with no remainder.

Since 1,542,648 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,542,648, 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).