Q: Is 1,062,072 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,062,072 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 1,062,072 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 18 22 24 27 33 36 44 54 66 72 81 88 99 108 132 149 162 198 216 264 297 298 324 396 447 594 596 648 792 891 894 1,188 1,192 1,341 1,639 1,782 1,788 2,376 2,682 3,278 3,564 3,576 4,023 4,917 5,364 6,556 7,128 8,046 9,834 10,728 12,069 13,112 14,751 16,092 19,668 24,138 29,502 32,184 39,336 44,253 48,276 59,004 88,506 96,552 118,008 132,759 177,012 265,518 354,024 531,036 and 1,062,072, with no remainder.

Since 1,062,072 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,062,072, 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).