Q: Is 1,027,776 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,027,776 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 1,027,776 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 32 48 53 64 96 101 106 159 192 202 212 303 318 404 424 606 636 808 848 1,212 1,272 1,616 1,696 2,424 2,544 3,232 3,392 4,848 5,088 5,353 6,464 9,696 10,176 10,706 16,059 19,392 21,412 32,118 42,824 64,236 85,648 128,472 171,296 256,944 342,592 513,888 and 1,027,776, with no remainder.

Since 1,027,776 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,027,776, 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).