Q: Is 1,559,952 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,559,952 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 1,559,952 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 23 24 27 36 46 48 54 69 72 92 108 138 144 157 184 207 216 276 314 368 414 432 471 552 621 628 828 942 1,104 1,242 1,256 1,413 1,656 1,884 2,484 2,512 2,826 3,312 3,611 3,768 4,239 4,968 5,652 7,222 7,536 8,478 9,936 10,833 11,304 14,444 16,956 21,666 22,608 28,888 32,499 33,912 43,332 57,776 64,998 67,824 86,664 97,497 129,996 173,328 194,994 259,992 389,988 519,984 779,976 and 1,559,952, with no remainder.

Since 1,559,952 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,559,952, 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).