Q: Is 1,235,784 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,235,784 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 1,235,784 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 22 24 31 33 44 62 66 88 93 124 132 151 186 248 264 302 341 372 453 604 682 744 906 1,023 1,208 1,364 1,661 1,812 2,046 2,728 3,322 3,624 4,092 4,681 4,983 6,644 8,184 9,362 9,966 13,288 14,043 18,724 19,932 28,086 37,448 39,864 51,491 56,172 102,982 112,344 154,473 205,964 308,946 411,928 617,892 and 1,235,784, with no remainder.

Since 1,235,784 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,235,784, 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).