Q: Is 1,030,428 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,030,428 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 1,030,428 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 12 14 18 21 27 28 29 36 42 47 54 58 63 84 87 94 108 116 126 141 174 188 189 203 252 261 282 329 348 378 406 423 522 564 609 658 756 783 812 846 987 1,044 1,218 1,269 1,316 1,363 1,566 1,692 1,827 1,974 2,436 2,538 2,726 2,961 3,132 3,654 3,948 4,089 5,076 5,452 5,481 5,922 7,308 8,178 8,883 9,541 10,962 11,844 12,267 16,356 17,766 19,082 21,924 24,534 28,623 35,532 36,801 38,164 49,068 57,246 73,602 85,869 114,492 147,204 171,738 257,607 343,476 515,214 and 1,030,428, with no remainder.

Since 1,030,428 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,030,428, 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).