Q: Is 1,672,528 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,672,528 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 1,672,528 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 11 13 16 17 22 26 34 43 44 52 68 86 88 104 136 143 172 176 187 208 221 272 286 344 374 442 473 559 572 688 731 748 884 946 1,118 1,144 1,462 1,496 1,768 1,892 2,236 2,288 2,431 2,924 2,992 3,536 3,784 4,472 4,862 5,848 6,149 7,568 8,041 8,944 9,503 9,724 11,696 12,298 16,082 19,006 19,448 24,596 32,164 38,012 38,896 49,192 64,328 76,024 98,384 104,533 128,656 152,048 209,066 418,132 836,264 and 1,672,528, with no remainder.

Since 1,672,528 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,672,528, 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).