Q: Is 1,552,908 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,552,908 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 1,552,908 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 12 14 19 21 28 38 42 49 57 76 84 98 114 133 139 147 196 228 266 278 294 399 417 532 556 588 798 834 931 973 1,596 1,668 1,862 1,946 2,641 2,793 2,919 3,724 3,892 5,282 5,586 5,838 6,811 7,923 10,564 11,172 11,676 13,622 15,846 18,487 20,433 27,244 31,692 36,974 40,866 55,461 73,948 81,732 110,922 129,409 221,844 258,818 388,227 517,636 776,454 and 1,552,908, with no remainder.

Since 1,552,908 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,552,908, 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).