Q: Is 1,092,672 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,092,672 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 1,092,672 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 28 32 36 42 48 56 63 64 72 84 96 112 126 144 168 192 224 252 271 288 336 448 504 542 576 672 813 1,008 1,084 1,344 1,626 1,897 2,016 2,168 2,439 3,252 3,794 4,032 4,336 4,878 5,691 6,504 7,588 8,672 9,756 11,382 13,008 15,176 17,073 17,344 19,512 22,764 26,016 30,352 34,146 39,024 45,528 52,032 60,704 68,292 78,048 91,056 121,408 136,584 156,096 182,112 273,168 364,224 546,336 and 1,092,672, with no remainder.

Since 1,092,672 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,092,672, 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).