Q: Is 1,637,048 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,637,048 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 1,637,048 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 23 28 31 41 46 56 62 82 92 124 161 164 184 217 248 287 322 328 434 574 644 713 868 943 1,148 1,271 1,288 1,426 1,736 1,886 2,296 2,542 2,852 3,772 4,991 5,084 5,704 6,601 7,544 8,897 9,982 10,168 13,202 17,794 19,964 26,404 29,233 35,588 39,928 52,808 58,466 71,176 116,932 204,631 233,864 409,262 818,524 and 1,637,048, with no remainder.

Since 1,637,048 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,637,048, 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).