Q: Is 1,127,412 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,127,412 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 1,127,412 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 11 12 13 18 22 26 27 33 36 39 44 52 54 66 73 78 99 108 117 132 143 146 156 198 219 234 286 292 297 351 396 429 438 468 572 594 657 702 803 858 876 949 1,188 1,287 1,314 1,404 1,606 1,716 1,898 1,971 2,409 2,574 2,628 2,847 3,212 3,796 3,861 3,942 4,818 5,148 5,694 7,227 7,722 7,884 8,541 9,636 10,439 11,388 14,454 15,444 17,082 20,878 21,681 25,623 28,908 31,317 34,164 41,756 43,362 51,246 62,634 86,724 93,951 102,492 125,268 187,902 281,853 375,804 563,706 and 1,127,412, with no remainder.

Since 1,127,412 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,127,412, 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).