Q: Is 1,664,334 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,664,334 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 1,664,334 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 14 17 18 21 27 34 37 42 49 51 54 63 74 98 102 111 119 126 147 153 189 222 238 259 294 306 333 357 378 441 459 518 629 666 714 777 833 882 918 999 1,071 1,258 1,323 1,554 1,666 1,813 1,887 1,998 2,142 2,331 2,499 2,646 3,213 3,626 3,774 4,403 4,662 4,998 5,439 5,661 6,426 6,993 7,497 8,806 10,878 11,322 13,209 13,986 14,994 16,317 16,983 22,491 26,418 30,821 32,634 33,966 39,627 44,982 48,951 61,642 79,254 92,463 97,902 118,881 184,926 237,762 277,389 554,778 832,167 and 1,664,334, with no remainder.

Since 1,664,334 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,664,334, 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).