Q: Is 1,240,624 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,240,624 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 1,240,624 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 11 14 16 19 22 28 38 44 53 56 76 77 88 106 112 133 152 154 176 209 212 266 304 308 371 418 424 532 583 616 742 836 848 1,007 1,064 1,166 1,232 1,463 1,484 1,672 2,014 2,128 2,332 2,926 2,968 3,344 4,028 4,081 4,664 5,852 5,936 7,049 8,056 8,162 9,328 11,077 11,704 14,098 16,112 16,324 22,154 23,408 28,196 32,648 44,308 56,392 65,296 77,539 88,616 112,784 155,078 177,232 310,156 620,312 and 1,240,624, with no remainder.

Since 1,240,624 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,240,624, 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).