Q: Is 1,576,908 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,576,908 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 1,576,908 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 27 31 36 54 62 81 93 108 124 157 162 186 279 314 324 372 471 558 628 837 942 1,116 1,413 1,674 1,884 2,511 2,826 3,348 4,239 4,867 5,022 5,652 8,478 9,734 10,044 12,717 14,601 16,956 19,468 25,434 29,202 43,803 50,868 58,404 87,606 131,409 175,212 262,818 394,227 525,636 788,454 and 1,576,908, with no remainder.

Since 1,576,908 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,576,908, 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).