Q: Is 1,576,944 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,576,944 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 1,576,944 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 36 47 48 72 94 141 144 188 233 282 376 423 466 564 699 752 846 932 1,128 1,398 1,692 1,864 2,097 2,256 2,796 3,384 3,728 4,194 5,592 6,768 8,388 10,951 11,184 16,776 21,902 32,853 33,552 43,804 65,706 87,608 98,559 131,412 175,216 197,118 262,824 394,236 525,648 788,472 and 1,576,944, with no remainder.

Since 1,576,944 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,576,944, 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).