Q: Is 1,214,304 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,214,304 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 1,214,304 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 13 14 16 21 24 26 28 32 39 42 48 52 56 78 84 91 96 104 112 139 156 168 182 208 224 273 278 312 336 364 416 417 546 556 624 672 728 834 973 1,092 1,112 1,248 1,456 1,668 1,807 1,946 2,184 2,224 2,912 2,919 3,336 3,614 3,892 4,368 4,448 5,421 5,838 6,672 7,228 7,784 8,736 10,842 11,676 12,649 13,344 14,456 15,568 21,684 23,352 25,298 28,912 31,136 37,947 43,368 46,704 50,596 57,824 75,894 86,736 93,408 101,192 151,788 173,472 202,384 303,576 404,768 607,152 and 1,214,304, with no remainder.

Since 1,214,304 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,214,304, 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).