Q: Is 1,678,536 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,678,536 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 1,678,536 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 19 24 27 36 38 54 57 72 76 108 114 152 171 216 228 342 409 456 513 684 818 1,026 1,227 1,368 1,636 2,052 2,454 3,272 3,681 4,104 4,908 7,362 7,771 9,816 11,043 14,724 15,542 22,086 23,313 29,448 31,084 44,172 46,626 62,168 69,939 88,344 93,252 139,878 186,504 209,817 279,756 419,634 559,512 839,268 and 1,678,536, with no remainder.

Since 1,678,536 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,678,536, 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).