Q: Is 1,065,456 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,065,456 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 1,065,456 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 28 36 42 48 49 56 63 72 84 98 112 126 144 147 151 168 196 252 294 302 336 392 441 453 504 588 604 784 882 906 1,008 1,057 1,176 1,208 1,359 1,764 1,812 2,114 2,352 2,416 2,718 3,171 3,528 3,624 4,228 5,436 6,342 7,056 7,248 7,399 8,456 9,513 10,872 12,684 14,798 16,912 19,026 21,744 22,197 25,368 29,596 38,052 44,394 50,736 59,192 66,591 76,104 88,788 118,384 133,182 152,208 177,576 266,364 355,152 532,728 and 1,065,456, with no remainder.

Since 1,065,456 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,065,456, 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).