Q: Is 1,595,776 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,595,776 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 1,595,776 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 13 14 16 26 28 32 52 56 64 91 104 112 128 137 182 208 224 274 364 416 448 548 728 832 896 959 1,096 1,456 1,664 1,781 1,918 2,192 2,912 3,562 3,836 4,384 5,824 7,124 7,672 8,768 11,648 12,467 14,248 15,344 17,536 24,934 28,496 30,688 49,868 56,992 61,376 99,736 113,984 122,752 199,472 227,968 398,944 797,888 and 1,595,776, with no remainder.

Since 1,595,776 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,595,776, 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).