Q: Is 1,027,296 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,027,296 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 1,027,296 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 29 32 36 41 48 54 58 72 82 87 96 108 116 123 144 164 174 216 232 246 261 288 328 348 369 432 464 492 522 656 696 738 783 864 928 984 1,044 1,107 1,189 1,312 1,392 1,476 1,566 1,968 2,088 2,214 2,378 2,784 2,952 3,132 3,567 3,936 4,176 4,428 4,756 5,904 6,264 7,134 8,352 8,856 9,512 10,701 11,808 12,528 14,268 17,712 19,024 21,402 25,056 28,536 32,103 35,424 38,048 42,804 57,072 64,206 85,608 114,144 128,412 171,216 256,824 342,432 513,648 and 1,027,296, with no remainder.

Since 1,027,296 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,027,296, 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).