Q: Is 1,579,368 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,579,368 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 1,579,368 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 17 21 24 28 34 42 49 51 56 68 79 84 98 102 119 136 147 158 168 196 204 237 238 294 316 357 392 408 474 476 553 588 632 714 833 948 952 1,106 1,176 1,343 1,428 1,659 1,666 1,896 2,212 2,499 2,686 2,856 3,318 3,332 3,871 4,029 4,424 4,998 5,372 6,636 6,664 7,742 8,058 9,401 9,996 10,744 11,613 13,272 15,484 16,116 18,802 19,992 23,226 28,203 30,968 32,232 37,604 46,452 56,406 65,807 75,208 92,904 112,812 131,614 197,421 225,624 263,228 394,842 526,456 789,684 and 1,579,368, with no remainder.

Since 1,579,368 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,579,368, 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).