Q: Is 1,543,248 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,543,248 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 1,543,248 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 28 36 42 48 56 63 72 84 112 126 144 168 252 336 504 1,008 1,531 3,062 4,593 6,124 9,186 10,717 12,248 13,779 18,372 21,434 24,496 27,558 32,151 36,744 42,868 55,116 64,302 73,488 85,736 96,453 110,232 128,604 171,472 192,906 220,464 257,208 385,812 514,416 771,624 and 1,543,248, with no remainder.

Since 1,543,248 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,543,248, 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).