Q: Is 1,202,472 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,202,472 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 1,202,472 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 19 24 27 36 38 54 57 72 76 108 114 152 171 216 228 293 342 456 513 586 684 879 1,026 1,172 1,368 1,758 2,052 2,344 2,637 3,516 4,104 5,274 5,567 7,032 7,911 10,548 11,134 15,822 16,701 21,096 22,268 31,644 33,402 44,536 50,103 63,288 66,804 100,206 133,608 150,309 200,412 300,618 400,824 601,236 and 1,202,472, with no remainder.

Since 1,202,472 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,202,472, 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).