Q: Is 1,641,696 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,641,696 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 1,641,696 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 32 42 48 49 56 84 96 98 112 147 168 196 224 294 336 349 392 588 672 698 784 1,047 1,176 1,396 1,568 2,094 2,352 2,443 2,792 4,188 4,704 4,886 5,584 7,329 8,376 9,772 11,168 14,658 16,752 17,101 19,544 29,316 33,504 34,202 39,088 51,303 58,632 68,404 78,176 102,606 117,264 136,808 205,212 234,528 273,616 410,424 547,232 820,848 and 1,641,696, with no remainder.

Since 1,641,696 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,641,696, 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).