Q: Is 1,578,976 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,578,976 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 1,578,976 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 19 28 32 38 49 53 56 76 98 106 112 133 152 196 212 224 266 304 371 392 424 532 608 742 784 848 931 1,007 1,064 1,484 1,568 1,696 1,862 2,014 2,128 2,597 2,968 3,724 4,028 4,256 5,194 5,936 7,049 7,448 8,056 10,388 11,872 14,098 14,896 16,112 20,776 28,196 29,792 32,224 41,552 49,343 56,392 83,104 98,686 112,784 197,372 225,568 394,744 789,488 and 1,578,976, with no remainder.

Since 1,578,976 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,578,976, 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).