Q: Is 1,545,984 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,545,984 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 1,545,984 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 16 18 22 24 32 33 36 44 48 61 64 66 72 88 96 99 122 128 132 144 176 183 192 198 244 256 264 288 352 366 384 396 488 528 549 576 671 704 732 768 792 976 1,056 1,098 1,152 1,342 1,408 1,464 1,584 1,952 2,013 2,112 2,196 2,304 2,684 2,816 2,928 3,168 3,904 4,026 4,224 4,392 5,368 5,856 6,039 6,336 7,808 8,052 8,448 8,784 10,736 11,712 12,078 12,672 15,616 16,104 17,568 21,472 23,424 24,156 25,344 32,208 35,136 42,944 46,848 48,312 64,416 70,272 85,888 96,624 128,832 140,544 171,776 193,248 257,664 386,496 515,328 772,992 and 1,545,984, with no remainder.

Since 1,545,984 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,545,984, 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).