Q: Is 1,589,328 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,589,328 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 1,589,328 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 16 18 24 26 27 36 39 48 52 54 72 78 104 108 117 144 156 208 216 234 283 312 351 432 468 566 624 702 849 936 1,132 1,404 1,698 1,872 2,264 2,547 2,808 3,396 3,679 4,528 5,094 5,616 6,792 7,358 7,641 10,188 11,037 13,584 14,716 15,282 20,376 22,074 29,432 30,564 33,111 40,752 44,148 58,864 61,128 66,222 88,296 99,333 122,256 132,444 176,592 198,666 264,888 397,332 529,776 794,664 and 1,589,328, with no remainder.

Since 1,589,328 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,589,328, 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).