Q: Is 1,125,672 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,125,672 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 1,125,672 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 17 24 31 34 51 62 68 89 93 102 124 136 178 186 204 248 267 356 372 408 527 534 712 744 1,054 1,068 1,513 1,581 2,108 2,136 2,759 3,026 3,162 4,216 4,539 5,518 6,052 6,324 8,277 9,078 11,036 12,104 12,648 16,554 18,156 22,072 33,108 36,312 46,903 66,216 93,806 140,709 187,612 281,418 375,224 562,836 and 1,125,672, with no remainder.

Since 1,125,672 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,125,672, 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).