Q: Is 1,668,096 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,668,096 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 1,668,096 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 32 36 48 64 72 96 128 144 181 192 256 288 362 384 512 543 576 724 768 1,024 1,086 1,152 1,448 1,536 1,629 2,172 2,304 2,896 3,072 3,258 4,344 4,608 5,792 6,516 8,688 9,216 11,584 13,032 17,376 23,168 26,064 34,752 46,336 52,128 69,504 92,672 104,256 139,008 185,344 208,512 278,016 417,024 556,032 834,048 and 1,668,096, with no remainder.

Since 1,668,096 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,668,096, 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).