Q: Is 1,682,496 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,682,496 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 1,682,496 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 23 24 32 36 46 48 64 69 72 92 96 127 138 144 184 192 207 254 276 288 368 381 414 508 552 576 736 762 828 1,016 1,104 1,143 1,472 1,524 1,656 2,032 2,208 2,286 2,921 3,048 3,312 4,064 4,416 4,572 5,842 6,096 6,624 8,128 8,763 9,144 11,684 12,192 13,248 17,526 18,288 23,368 24,384 26,289 35,052 36,576 46,736 52,578 70,104 73,152 93,472 105,156 140,208 186,944 210,312 280,416 420,624 560,832 841,248 and 1,682,496, with no remainder.

Since 1,682,496 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,682,496, 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).