Q: Is 1,245,288 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,245,288 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 1,245,288 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 22 24 33 44 53 66 88 89 106 132 159 178 212 264 267 318 356 424 534 583 636 712 979 1,068 1,166 1,272 1,749 1,958 2,136 2,332 2,937 3,498 3,916 4,664 4,717 5,874 6,996 7,832 9,434 11,748 13,992 14,151 18,868 23,496 28,302 37,736 51,887 56,604 103,774 113,208 155,661 207,548 311,322 415,096 622,644 and 1,245,288, with no remainder.

Since 1,245,288 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,245,288, 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).