Q: Is 1,989,504 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,989,504 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 1,989,504 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 16 18 22 24 32 33 36 44 48 64 66 72 88 96 99 128 132 144 157 176 192 198 264 288 314 352 384 396 471 528 576 628 704 792 942 1,056 1,152 1,256 1,408 1,413 1,584 1,727 1,884 2,112 2,512 2,826 3,168 3,454 3,768 4,224 5,024 5,181 5,652 6,336 6,908 7,536 10,048 10,362 11,304 12,672 13,816 15,072 15,543 20,096 20,724 22,608 27,632 30,144 31,086 41,448 45,216 55,264 60,288 62,172 82,896 90,432 110,528 124,344 165,792 180,864 221,056 248,688 331,584 497,376 663,168 994,752 and 1,989,504, with no remainder.

Since 1,989,504 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,989,504, 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).