Q: Is 1,614,816 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,614,816 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 1,614,816 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 27 28 32 36 42 48 54 56 63 72 81 84 89 96 108 112 126 144 162 168 178 189 216 224 252 267 288 324 336 356 378 432 504 534 567 623 648 672 712 756 801 864 1,008 1,068 1,134 1,246 1,296 1,424 1,512 1,602 1,869 2,016 2,136 2,268 2,403 2,492 2,592 2,848 3,024 3,204 3,738 4,272 4,536 4,806 4,984 5,607 6,048 6,408 7,209 7,476 8,544 9,072 9,612 9,968 11,214 12,816 14,418 14,952 16,821 18,144 19,224 19,936 22,428 25,632 28,836 29,904 33,642 38,448 44,856 50,463 57,672 59,808 67,284 76,896 89,712 100,926 115,344 134,568 179,424 201,852 230,688 269,136 403,704 538,272 807,408 and 1,614,816, with no remainder.

Since 1,614,816 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,614,816, 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).