Q: Is 1,203,462 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,203,462 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 1,203,462 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 13 18 26 37 39 74 78 111 117 139 222 234 278 333 417 481 666 834 962 1,251 1,443 1,807 2,502 2,886 3,614 4,329 5,143 5,421 8,658 10,286 10,842 15,429 16,263 30,858 32,526 46,287 66,859 92,574 133,718 200,577 401,154 601,731 and 1,203,462, with no remainder.

Since 1,203,462 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,203,462, 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).