Q: Is 1,233,232 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,233,232 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 1,233,232 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 11 13 14 16 22 26 28 44 49 52 56 77 88 91 98 104 112 121 143 154 176 182 196 208 242 286 308 364 392 484 539 572 616 637 728 784 847 968 1,001 1,078 1,144 1,232 1,274 1,456 1,573 1,694 1,936 2,002 2,156 2,288 2,548 3,146 3,388 4,004 4,312 5,096 5,929 6,292 6,776 7,007 8,008 8,624 10,192 11,011 11,858 12,584 13,552 14,014 16,016 22,022 23,716 25,168 28,028 44,044 47,432 56,056 77,077 88,088 94,864 112,112 154,154 176,176 308,308 616,616 and 1,233,232, with no remainder.

Since 1,233,232 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,233,232, 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).