Q: Is 1,026,324 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,026,324 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 1,026,324 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 13 17 18 26 27 34 36 39 43 51 52 54 68 78 86 102 108 117 129 153 156 172 204 221 234 258 306 351 387 442 459 468 516 559 612 663 702 731 774 884 918 1,118 1,161 1,326 1,404 1,462 1,548 1,677 1,836 1,989 2,193 2,236 2,322 2,652 2,924 3,354 3,978 4,386 4,644 5,031 5,967 6,579 6,708 7,956 8,772 9,503 10,062 11,934 13,158 15,093 19,006 19,737 20,124 23,868 26,316 28,509 30,186 38,012 39,474 57,018 60,372 78,948 85,527 114,036 171,054 256,581 342,108 513,162 and 1,026,324, with no remainder.

Since 1,026,324 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,026,324, 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).