Q: Is 1,603,392 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,603,392 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 1,603,392 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 32 42 48 56 64 84 96 112 168 192 224 336 448 672 1,193 1,344 2,386 3,579 4,772 7,158 8,351 9,544 14,316 16,702 19,088 25,053 28,632 33,404 38,176 50,106 57,264 66,808 76,352 100,212 114,528 133,616 200,424 229,056 267,232 400,848 534,464 801,696 and 1,603,392, with no remainder.

Since 1,603,392 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,603,392, 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).