Q: Is 1,072,224 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,072,224 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 1,072,224 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 17 18 24 27 32 34 36 48 51 54 68 72 73 96 102 108 136 144 146 153 204 216 219 272 288 292 306 408 432 438 459 544 584 612 657 816 864 876 918 1,168 1,224 1,241 1,314 1,632 1,752 1,836 1,971 2,336 2,448 2,482 2,628 3,504 3,672 3,723 3,942 4,896 4,964 5,256 7,008 7,344 7,446 7,884 9,928 10,512 11,169 14,688 14,892 15,768 19,856 21,024 22,338 29,784 31,536 33,507 39,712 44,676 59,568 63,072 67,014 89,352 119,136 134,028 178,704 268,056 357,408 536,112 and 1,072,224, with no remainder.

Since 1,072,224 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,072,224, 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).