Q: Is 1,553,112 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,553,112 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 1,553,112 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 18 22 24 33 36 37 44 53 66 72 74 88 99 106 111 132 148 159 198 212 222 264 296 318 333 396 407 424 444 477 583 636 666 792 814 888 954 1,166 1,221 1,272 1,332 1,628 1,749 1,908 1,961 2,332 2,442 2,664 3,256 3,498 3,663 3,816 3,922 4,664 4,884 5,247 5,883 6,996 7,326 7,844 9,768 10,494 11,766 13,992 14,652 15,688 17,649 20,988 21,571 23,532 29,304 35,298 41,976 43,142 47,064 64,713 70,596 86,284 129,426 141,192 172,568 194,139 258,852 388,278 517,704 776,556 and 1,553,112, with no remainder.

Since 1,553,112 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,553,112, 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).