Q: Is 1,207,284 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,207,284 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 1,207,284 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 12 13 26 39 52 71 78 109 142 156 213 218 284 327 426 436 654 852 923 1,308 1,417 1,846 2,769 2,834 3,692 4,251 5,538 5,668 7,739 8,502 11,076 15,478 17,004 23,217 30,956 46,434 92,868 100,607 201,214 301,821 402,428 603,642 and 1,207,284, with no remainder.

Since 1,207,284 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,207,284, 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).