Q: Is 1,000,272 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,000,272 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 1,000,272 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 13 14 16 21 24 26 28 39 42 48 52 56 78 84 91 104 112 156 168 182 208 229 273 312 336 364 458 546 624 687 728 916 1,092 1,374 1,456 1,603 1,832 2,184 2,748 2,977 3,206 3,664 4,368 4,809 5,496 5,954 6,412 8,931 9,618 10,992 11,908 12,824 17,862 19,236 20,839 23,816 25,648 35,724 38,472 41,678 47,632 62,517 71,448 76,944 83,356 125,034 142,896 166,712 250,068 333,424 500,136 and 1,000,272, with no remainder.

Since 1,000,272 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,000,272, 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).