Q: Is 1,669,332 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,669,332 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 1,669,332 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 12 14 17 21 28 34 42 49 51 68 84 98 102 119 147 167 196 204 238 294 334 357 476 501 588 668 714 833 1,002 1,169 1,428 1,666 2,004 2,338 2,499 2,839 3,332 3,507 4,676 4,998 5,678 7,014 8,183 8,517 9,996 11,356 14,028 16,366 17,034 19,873 24,549 32,732 34,068 39,746 49,098 59,619 79,492 98,196 119,238 139,111 238,476 278,222 417,333 556,444 834,666 and 1,669,332, with no remainder.

Since 1,669,332 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,669,332, 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).