Q: Is 1,616,328 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,616,328 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 1,616,328 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 18 21 24 27 28 36 42 54 56 63 72 84 108 126 168 189 216 252 378 504 756 1,069 1,512 2,138 3,207 4,276 6,414 7,483 8,552 9,621 12,828 14,966 19,242 22,449 25,656 28,863 29,932 38,484 44,898 57,726 59,864 67,347 76,968 89,796 115,452 134,694 179,592 202,041 230,904 269,388 404,082 538,776 808,164 and 1,616,328, with no remainder.

Since 1,616,328 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,616,328, 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).