Q: Is 1,207,908 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,207,908 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 1,207,908 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 13 18 26 29 36 39 52 58 78 87 89 116 117 156 174 178 234 261 267 348 356 377 468 522 534 754 801 1,044 1,068 1,131 1,157 1,508 1,602 2,262 2,314 2,581 3,204 3,393 3,471 4,524 4,628 5,162 6,786 6,942 7,743 10,324 10,413 13,572 13,884 15,486 20,826 23,229 30,972 33,553 41,652 46,458 67,106 92,916 100,659 134,212 201,318 301,977 402,636 603,954 and 1,207,908, with no remainder.

Since 1,207,908 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,207,908, 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).