Q: Is 1,228,392 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,228,392 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 1,228,392 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 18 22 24 27 33 36 44 47 54 66 72 88 94 99 108 121 132 141 188 198 216 242 264 282 297 363 376 396 423 484 517 564 594 726 792 846 968 1,034 1,089 1,128 1,188 1,269 1,452 1,551 1,692 2,068 2,178 2,376 2,538 2,904 3,102 3,267 3,384 4,136 4,356 4,653 5,076 5,687 6,204 6,534 8,712 9,306 10,152 11,374 12,408 13,068 13,959 17,061 18,612 22,748 26,136 27,918 34,122 37,224 45,496 51,183 55,836 68,244 102,366 111,672 136,488 153,549 204,732 307,098 409,464 614,196 and 1,228,392, with no remainder.

Since 1,228,392 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,228,392, 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).