Q: Is 1,575,504 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,575,504 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 1,575,504 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 27 28 36 42 48 54 56 63 72 84 108 112 126 144 168 189 216 252 336 378 432 504 521 756 1,008 1,042 1,512 1,563 2,084 3,024 3,126 3,647 4,168 4,689 6,252 7,294 8,336 9,378 10,941 12,504 14,067 14,588 18,756 21,882 25,008 28,134 29,176 32,823 37,512 43,764 56,268 58,352 65,646 75,024 87,528 98,469 112,536 131,292 175,056 196,938 225,072 262,584 393,876 525,168 787,752 and 1,575,504, with no remainder.

Since 1,575,504 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,575,504, 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).