Q: Is 1,596,402 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,596,402 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 1,596,402 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 17 18 27 34 37 47 51 54 74 94 102 111 141 153 222 282 306 333 423 459 629 666 799 846 918 999 1,258 1,269 1,598 1,739 1,887 1,998 2,397 2,538 3,478 3,774 4,794 5,217 5,661 7,191 10,434 11,322 14,382 15,651 16,983 21,573 29,563 31,302 33,966 43,146 46,953 59,126 88,689 93,906 177,378 266,067 532,134 798,201 and 1,596,402, with no remainder.

Since 1,596,402 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,596,402, 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).