Q: Is 1,202,852 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,202,852 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 1,202,852 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 14 17 19 28 34 38 49 68 76 98 119 133 196 238 266 323 361 476 532 646 722 833 931 1,292 1,444 1,666 1,862 2,261 2,527 3,332 3,724 4,522 5,054 6,137 9,044 10,108 12,274 15,827 17,689 24,548 31,654 35,378 42,959 63,308 70,756 85,918 171,836 300,713 601,426 and 1,202,852, with no remainder.

Since 1,202,852 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,202,852, 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).