Q: Is 1,156,272 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,156,272 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 1,156,272 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 16 17 24 26 34 39 48 51 52 68 78 102 104 109 136 156 204 208 218 221 272 312 327 408 436 442 624 654 663 816 872 884 1,308 1,326 1,417 1,744 1,768 1,853 2,616 2,652 2,834 3,536 3,706 4,251 5,232 5,304 5,559 5,668 7,412 8,502 10,608 11,118 11,336 14,824 17,004 22,236 22,672 24,089 29,648 34,008 44,472 48,178 68,016 72,267 88,944 96,356 144,534 192,712 289,068 385,424 578,136 and 1,156,272, with no remainder.

Since 1,156,272 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,156,272, 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).