Q: Is 1,202,432 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,202,432 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 1,202,432 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 11 14 16 22 28 32 44 56 61 64 77 88 112 122 128 154 176 224 244 256 308 352 427 448 488 616 671 704 854 896 976 1,232 1,342 1,408 1,708 1,792 1,952 2,464 2,684 2,816 3,416 3,904 4,697 4,928 5,368 6,832 7,808 9,394 9,856 10,736 13,664 15,616 18,788 19,712 21,472 27,328 37,576 42,944 54,656 75,152 85,888 109,312 150,304 171,776 300,608 601,216 and 1,202,432, with no remainder.

Since 1,202,432 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,202,432, 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).