Q: Is 1,579,824 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,579,824 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 1,579,824 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 23 24 27 36 46 48 53 54 69 72 81 92 106 108 138 144 159 162 184 207 212 216 276 318 324 368 414 424 432 477 552 621 636 648 828 848 954 1,104 1,219 1,242 1,272 1,296 1,431 1,656 1,863 1,908 2,438 2,484 2,544 2,862 3,312 3,657 3,726 3,816 4,293 4,876 4,968 5,724 7,314 7,452 7,632 8,586 9,752 9,936 10,971 11,448 14,628 14,904 17,172 19,504 21,942 22,896 29,256 29,808 32,913 34,344 43,884 58,512 65,826 68,688 87,768 98,739 131,652 175,536 197,478 263,304 394,956 526,608 789,912 and 1,579,824, with no remainder.

Since 1,579,824 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,579,824, 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).