Q: Is 1,232,112 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,232,112 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 1,232,112 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 19 21 24 28 38 42 48 56 57 76 84 112 114 133 152 168 193 228 266 304 336 386 399 456 532 579 772 798 912 1,064 1,158 1,351 1,544 1,596 2,128 2,316 2,702 3,088 3,192 3,667 4,053 4,632 5,404 6,384 7,334 8,106 9,264 10,808 11,001 14,668 16,212 21,616 22,002 25,669 29,336 32,424 44,004 51,338 58,672 64,848 77,007 88,008 102,676 154,014 176,016 205,352 308,028 410,704 616,056 and 1,232,112, with no remainder.

Since 1,232,112 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,232,112, 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).