Q: Is 1,201,662 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,201,662 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 1,201,662 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 11 14 17 18 21 22 27 33 34 42 51 54 63 66 77 99 102 119 126 153 154 187 189 198 231 238 289 297 306 357 374 378 459 462 561 578 594 693 714 867 918 1,071 1,122 1,309 1,386 1,683 1,734 2,023 2,079 2,142 2,601 2,618 3,179 3,213 3,366 3,927 4,046 4,158 5,049 5,202 6,069 6,358 6,426 7,803 7,854 9,537 10,098 11,781 12,138 15,606 18,207 19,074 22,253 23,562 28,611 35,343 36,414 44,506 54,621 57,222 66,759 70,686 85,833 109,242 133,518 171,666 200,277 400,554 600,831 and 1,201,662, with no remainder.

Since 1,201,662 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,201,662, 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).