Q: Is 1,575,552 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,575,552 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 1,575,552 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 16 22 24 32 33 44 48 64 66 88 96 128 132 176 192 264 352 373 384 528 704 746 1,056 1,119 1,408 1,492 2,112 2,238 2,984 4,103 4,224 4,476 5,968 8,206 8,952 11,936 12,309 16,412 17,904 23,872 24,618 32,824 35,808 47,744 49,236 65,648 71,616 98,472 131,296 143,232 196,944 262,592 393,888 525,184 787,776 and 1,575,552, with no remainder.

Since 1,575,552 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,575,552, 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).