Q: Is 1,589,224 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,589,224 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 1,589,224 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 13 14 26 28 37 52 56 59 74 91 104 118 148 182 236 259 296 364 413 472 481 518 728 767 826 962 1,036 1,534 1,652 1,924 2,072 2,183 3,068 3,304 3,367 3,848 4,366 5,369 6,136 6,734 8,732 10,738 13,468 15,281 17,464 21,476 26,936 28,379 30,562 42,952 56,758 61,124 113,516 122,248 198,653 227,032 397,306 794,612 and 1,589,224, with no remainder.

Since 1,589,224 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,589,224, 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).