Q: Is 1,575,048 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,575,048 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 1,575,048 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 24 29 31 58 62 73 87 93 116 124 146 174 186 219 232 248 292 348 372 438 584 696 744 876 899 1,752 1,798 2,117 2,263 2,697 3,596 4,234 4,526 5,394 6,351 6,789 7,192 8,468 9,052 10,788 12,702 13,578 16,936 18,104 21,576 25,404 27,156 50,808 54,312 65,627 131,254 196,881 262,508 393,762 525,016 787,524 and 1,575,048, with no remainder.

Since 1,575,048 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,575,048, 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).