Q: Is 1,072,656 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,072,656 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 1,072,656 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 16 18 24 26 27 36 39 48 52 54 72 78 104 108 117 144 156 191 208 216 234 312 351 382 432 468 573 624 702 764 936 1,146 1,404 1,528 1,719 1,872 2,292 2,483 2,808 3,056 3,438 4,584 4,966 5,157 5,616 6,876 7,449 9,168 9,932 10,314 13,752 14,898 19,864 20,628 22,347 27,504 29,796 39,728 41,256 44,694 59,592 67,041 82,512 89,388 119,184 134,082 178,776 268,164 357,552 536,328 and 1,072,656, with no remainder.

Since 1,072,656 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,072,656, 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).