Q: Is 1,548,936 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,548,936 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 1,548,936 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 27 36 54 71 72 101 108 142 202 213 216 284 303 404 426 568 606 639 808 852 909 1,212 1,278 1,704 1,818 1,917 2,424 2,556 2,727 3,636 3,834 5,112 5,454 7,171 7,272 7,668 10,908 14,342 15,336 21,513 21,816 28,684 43,026 57,368 64,539 86,052 129,078 172,104 193,617 258,156 387,234 516,312 774,468 and 1,548,936, with no remainder.

Since 1,548,936 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,548,936, 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).