Q: Is 1,206,864 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,206,864 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 1,206,864 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 17 18 24 29 34 36 48 51 58 68 72 87 102 116 136 144 153 174 204 232 261 272 289 306 348 408 464 493 522 578 612 696 816 867 986 1,044 1,156 1,224 1,392 1,479 1,734 1,972 2,088 2,312 2,448 2,601 2,958 3,468 3,944 4,176 4,437 4,624 5,202 5,916 6,936 7,888 8,381 8,874 10,404 11,832 13,872 16,762 17,748 20,808 23,664 25,143 33,524 35,496 41,616 50,286 67,048 70,992 75,429 100,572 134,096 150,858 201,144 301,716 402,288 603,432 and 1,206,864, with no remainder.

Since 1,206,864 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,206,864, 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).