Q: Is 1,024,452 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,024,452 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 1,024,452 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 11 12 13 18 22 26 33 36 39 44 52 66 78 99 117 132 143 156 198 199 234 286 396 398 429 468 572 597 796 858 1,194 1,287 1,716 1,791 2,189 2,388 2,574 2,587 3,582 4,378 5,148 5,174 6,567 7,164 7,761 8,756 10,348 13,134 15,522 19,701 23,283 26,268 28,457 31,044 39,402 46,566 56,914 78,804 85,371 93,132 113,828 170,742 256,113 341,484 512,226 and 1,024,452, with no remainder.

Since 1,024,452 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,024,452, 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).