Q: Is 1,614,168 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,614,168 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 1,614,168 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 27 36 47 53 54 72 81 94 106 108 141 159 162 188 212 216 282 318 324 376 423 424 477 564 636 648 846 954 1,128 1,269 1,272 1,431 1,692 1,908 2,491 2,538 2,862 3,384 3,807 3,816 4,293 4,982 5,076 5,724 7,473 7,614 8,586 9,964 10,152 11,448 14,946 15,228 17,172 19,928 22,419 29,892 30,456 34,344 44,838 59,784 67,257 89,676 134,514 179,352 201,771 269,028 403,542 538,056 807,084 and 1,614,168, with no remainder.

Since 1,614,168 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,614,168, 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).