Q: Is 1,575,684 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,575,684 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 1,575,684 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 11 12 18 22 23 33 36 44 46 66 69 92 99 132 138 173 198 207 253 276 346 396 414 506 519 692 759 828 1,012 1,038 1,518 1,557 1,903 2,076 2,277 3,036 3,114 3,806 3,979 4,554 5,709 6,228 7,612 7,958 9,108 11,418 11,937 15,916 17,127 22,836 23,874 34,254 35,811 43,769 47,748 68,508 71,622 87,538 131,307 143,244 175,076 262,614 393,921 525,228 787,842 and 1,575,684, with no remainder.

Since 1,575,684 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,575,684, 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).