Q: Is 1,125,252 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,125,252 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 1,125,252 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 23 27 36 46 54 69 81 92 108 138 151 162 207 276 302 324 414 453 604 621 828 906 1,242 1,359 1,812 1,863 2,484 2,718 3,473 3,726 4,077 5,436 6,946 7,452 8,154 10,419 12,231 13,892 16,308 20,838 24,462 31,257 41,676 48,924 62,514 93,771 125,028 187,542 281,313 375,084 562,626 and 1,125,252, with no remainder.

Since 1,125,252 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,125,252, 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).