Q: Is 1,561,824 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,561,824 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 1,561,824 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 16 17 18 22 24 29 32 33 34 36 44 48 51 58 66 68 72 87 88 96 99 102 116 132 136 144 153 174 176 187 198 204 232 261 264 272 288 306 319 348 352 374 396 408 464 493 522 528 544 561 612 638 696 748 792 816 928 957 986 1,044 1,056 1,122 1,224 1,276 1,392 1,479 1,496 1,584 1,632 1,683 1,914 1,972 2,088 2,244 2,448 2,552 2,784 2,871 2,958 2,992 3,168 3,366 3,828 3,944 4,176 4,437 4,488 4,896 5,104 5,423 5,742 5,916 5,984 6,732 7,656 7,888 8,352 8,874 8,976 10,208 10,846 11,484 11,832 13,464 15,312 15,776 16,269 17,748 17,952 21,692 22,968 23,664 26,928 30,624 32,538 35,496 43,384 45,936 47,328 48,807 53,856 65,076 70,992 86,768 91,872 97,614 130,152 141,984 173,536 195,228 260,304 390,456 520,608 780,912 and 1,561,824, with no remainder.

Since 1,561,824 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,561,824, 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).