Q: Is 951,552 a Composite Number?

Why is 951,552 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 951,552 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 28 32 36 42 48 56 59 63 64 72 84 96 112 118 126 128 144 168 177 192 224 236 252 256 288 336 354 384 413 448 472 504 531 576 672 708 768 826 896 944 1,008 1,062 1,152 1,239 1,344 1,416 1,652 1,792 1,888 2,016 2,124 2,304 2,478 2,688 2,832 3,304 3,717 3,776 4,032 4,248 4,956 5,376 5,664 6,608 7,434 7,552 8,064 8,496 9,912 11,328 13,216 14,868 15,104 16,128 16,992 19,824 22,656 26,432 29,736 33,984 39,648 45,312 52,864 59,472 67,968 79,296 105,728 118,944 135,936 158,592 237,888 317,184 475,776 and 951,552, with no remainder.

Since 951,552 cannot be divided by just 1 and 951,552, 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).