Q: Is 1,590,624 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,590,624 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 1,590,624 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 27 28 32 36 42 48 54 56 63 72 84 96 108 112 126 144 168 189 216 224 252 263 288 336 378 432 504 526 672 756 789 864 1,008 1,052 1,512 1,578 1,841 2,016 2,104 2,367 3,024 3,156 3,682 4,208 4,734 5,523 6,048 6,312 7,101 7,364 8,416 9,468 11,046 12,624 14,202 14,728 16,569 18,936 22,092 25,248 28,404 29,456 33,138 37,872 44,184 49,707 56,808 58,912 66,276 75,744 88,368 99,414 113,616 132,552 176,736 198,828 227,232 265,104 397,656 530,208 795,312 and 1,590,624, with no remainder.

Since 1,590,624 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,590,624, 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).