Q: Is 1,182,272 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,182,272 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 1,182,272 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 13 14 16 26 28 29 32 49 52 56 58 64 91 98 104 112 116 182 196 203 208 224 232 364 377 392 406 416 448 464 637 728 754 784 812 832 928 1,274 1,421 1,456 1,508 1,568 1,624 1,856 2,548 2,639 2,842 2,912 3,016 3,136 3,248 5,096 5,278 5,684 5,824 6,032 6,496 10,192 10,556 11,368 12,064 12,992 18,473 20,384 21,112 22,736 24,128 36,946 40,768 42,224 45,472 73,892 84,448 90,944 147,784 168,896 295,568 591,136 and 1,182,272, with no remainder.

Since 1,182,272 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,182,272, 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).