Q: Is 1,634,472 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,634,472 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 1,634,472 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 18 21 23 24 27 28 36 42 46 47 54 56 63 69 72 84 92 94 108 126 138 141 161 168 184 188 189 207 216 252 276 282 322 329 376 378 414 423 483 504 552 564 621 644 658 756 828 846 966 987 1,081 1,128 1,242 1,269 1,288 1,316 1,449 1,512 1,656 1,692 1,932 1,974 2,162 2,484 2,538 2,632 2,898 2,961 3,243 3,384 3,864 3,948 4,324 4,347 4,968 5,076 5,796 5,922 6,486 7,567 7,896 8,648 8,694 8,883 9,729 10,152 11,592 11,844 12,972 15,134 17,388 17,766 19,458 22,701 23,688 25,944 29,187 30,268 34,776 35,532 38,916 45,402 58,374 60,536 68,103 71,064 77,832 90,804 116,748 136,206 181,608 204,309 233,496 272,412 408,618 544,824 817,236 and 1,634,472, with no remainder.

Since 1,634,472 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,634,472, 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).