Q: Is 1,229,712 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,229,712 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 1,229,712 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 16 17 22 24 33 34 44 48 51 66 68 88 102 132 136 137 176 187 204 264 272 274 374 408 411 528 548 561 748 816 822 1,096 1,122 1,496 1,507 1,644 2,192 2,244 2,329 2,992 3,014 3,288 4,488 4,521 4,658 6,028 6,576 6,987 8,976 9,042 9,316 12,056 13,974 18,084 18,632 24,112 25,619 27,948 36,168 37,264 51,238 55,896 72,336 76,857 102,476 111,792 153,714 204,952 307,428 409,904 614,856 and 1,229,712, with no remainder.

Since 1,229,712 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,229,712, 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).