Q: Is 1,667,232 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,667,232 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 1,667,232 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 28 32 36 42 48 56 63 72 84 96 112 126 144 168 224 252 288 336 504 672 827 1,008 1,654 2,016 2,481 3,308 4,962 5,789 6,616 7,443 9,924 11,578 13,232 14,886 17,367 19,848 23,156 26,464 29,772 34,734 39,696 46,312 52,101 59,544 69,468 79,392 92,624 104,202 119,088 138,936 185,248 208,404 238,176 277,872 416,808 555,744 833,616 and 1,667,232, with no remainder.

Since 1,667,232 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,667,232, 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).