Q: Is 1,027,488 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,027,488 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 1,027,488 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 11 12 14 16 21 22 24 28 32 33 42 44 48 56 66 77 84 88 96 112 132 139 154 168 176 224 231 264 278 308 336 352 417 462 528 556 616 672 834 924 973 1,056 1,112 1,232 1,529 1,668 1,848 1,946 2,224 2,464 2,919 3,058 3,336 3,696 3,892 4,448 4,587 5,838 6,116 6,672 7,392 7,784 9,174 10,703 11,676 12,232 13,344 15,568 18,348 21,406 23,352 24,464 31,136 32,109 36,696 42,812 46,704 48,928 64,218 73,392 85,624 93,408 128,436 146,784 171,248 256,872 342,496 513,744 and 1,027,488, with no remainder.

Since 1,027,488 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,027,488, 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).