Q: Is 1,616,496 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,616,496 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 1,616,496 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 17 21 24 28 34 42 48 51 56 68 84 102 112 119 136 168 204 238 272 283 336 357 408 476 566 714 816 849 952 1,132 1,428 1,698 1,904 1,981 2,264 2,856 3,396 3,962 4,528 4,811 5,712 5,943 6,792 7,924 9,622 11,886 13,584 14,433 15,848 19,244 23,772 28,866 31,696 33,677 38,488 47,544 57,732 67,354 76,976 95,088 101,031 115,464 134,708 202,062 230,928 269,416 404,124 538,832 808,248 and 1,616,496, with no remainder.

Since 1,616,496 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,616,496, 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).