Q: Is 1,222,776 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,222,776 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 1,222,776 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 17 18 24 27 34 36 37 51 54 68 72 74 81 102 108 111 136 148 153 162 204 216 222 243 296 306 324 333 408 444 459 486 612 629 648 666 888 918 972 999 1,224 1,258 1,332 1,377 1,836 1,887 1,944 1,998 2,516 2,664 2,754 2,997 3,672 3,774 3,996 4,131 5,032 5,508 5,661 5,994 7,548 7,992 8,262 8,991 11,016 11,322 11,988 15,096 16,524 16,983 17,982 22,644 23,976 33,048 33,966 35,964 45,288 50,949 67,932 71,928 101,898 135,864 152,847 203,796 305,694 407,592 611,388 and 1,222,776, with no remainder.

Since 1,222,776 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,222,776, 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).