Q: Is 1,054,272 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,054,272 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 1,054,272 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 17 19 24 32 34 38 48 51 57 64 68 76 96 102 114 136 152 192 204 228 272 289 304 323 408 456 544 578 608 646 816 867 912 969 1,088 1,156 1,216 1,292 1,632 1,734 1,824 1,938 2,312 2,584 3,264 3,468 3,648 3,876 4,624 5,168 5,491 6,936 7,752 9,248 10,336 10,982 13,872 15,504 16,473 18,496 20,672 21,964 27,744 31,008 32,946 43,928 55,488 62,016 65,892 87,856 131,784 175,712 263,568 351,424 527,136 and 1,054,272, with no remainder.

Since 1,054,272 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,054,272, 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).