Q: Is 1,559,124 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,559,124 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 1,559,124 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 12 14 18 21 23 28 36 42 46 63 69 84 92 126 138 161 207 252 269 276 322 414 483 538 644 807 828 966 1,076 1,449 1,614 1,883 1,932 2,421 2,898 3,228 3,766 4,842 5,649 5,796 6,187 7,532 9,684 11,298 12,374 16,947 18,561 22,596 24,748 33,894 37,122 43,309 55,683 67,788 74,244 86,618 111,366 129,927 173,236 222,732 259,854 389,781 519,708 779,562 and 1,559,124, with no remainder.

Since 1,559,124 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,559,124, 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).