Q: Is 1,602,018 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,602,018 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 1,602,018 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 11 18 22 27 29 31 33 54 58 62 66 81 87 93 99 162 174 186 198 261 279 297 319 341 522 558 594 638 682 783 837 891 899 957 1,023 1,566 1,674 1,782 1,798 1,914 2,046 2,349 2,511 2,697 2,871 3,069 4,698 5,022 5,394 5,742 6,138 8,091 8,613 9,207 9,889 16,182 17,226 18,414 19,778 24,273 25,839 27,621 29,667 48,546 51,678 55,242 59,334 72,819 89,001 145,638 178,002 267,003 534,006 801,009 and 1,602,018, with no remainder.

Since 1,602,018 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,602,018, 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).