Q: Is 1,563,264 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,563,264 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 1,563,264 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 23 24 32 36 46 48 59 64 69 72 92 96 118 128 138 144 177 184 192 207 236 276 288 354 368 384 414 472 531 552 576 708 736 828 944 1,062 1,104 1,152 1,357 1,416 1,472 1,656 1,888 2,124 2,208 2,714 2,832 2,944 3,312 3,776 4,071 4,248 4,416 5,428 5,664 6,624 7,552 8,142 8,496 8,832 10,856 11,328 12,213 13,248 16,284 16,992 21,712 22,656 24,426 26,496 32,568 33,984 43,424 48,852 65,136 67,968 86,848 97,704 130,272 173,696 195,408 260,544 390,816 521,088 781,632 and 1,563,264, with no remainder.

Since 1,563,264 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,563,264, 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).