Q: Is 1,611,504 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,611,504 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 1,611,504 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 19 24 31 36 38 48 57 62 72 76 93 114 124 144 152 171 186 228 248 279 304 342 361 372 456 496 558 589 684 722 744 912 1,083 1,116 1,178 1,368 1,444 1,488 1,767 2,166 2,232 2,356 2,736 2,888 3,249 3,534 4,332 4,464 4,712 5,301 5,776 6,498 7,068 8,664 9,424 10,602 11,191 12,996 14,136 17,328 21,204 22,382 25,992 28,272 33,573 42,408 44,764 51,984 67,146 84,816 89,528 100,719 134,292 179,056 201,438 268,584 402,876 537,168 805,752 and 1,611,504, with no remainder.

Since 1,611,504 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,611,504, 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).