Q: Is 1,243,044 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,243,044 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 1,243,044 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 11 12 18 22 33 36 43 44 66 73 86 99 129 132 146 172 198 219 258 292 387 396 438 473 516 657 774 803 876 946 1,314 1,419 1,548 1,606 1,892 2,409 2,628 2,838 3,139 3,212 4,257 4,818 5,676 6,278 7,227 8,514 9,417 9,636 12,556 14,454 17,028 18,834 28,251 28,908 34,529 37,668 56,502 69,058 103,587 113,004 138,116 207,174 310,761 414,348 621,522 and 1,243,044, with no remainder.

Since 1,243,044 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,243,044, 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).