Q: Is 1,248,192 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,248,192 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 1,248,192 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 16 18 22 24 32 33 36 44 48 64 66 72 88 96 99 132 144 176 192 197 198 264 288 352 394 396 528 576 591 704 788 792 1,056 1,182 1,576 1,584 1,773 2,112 2,167 2,364 3,152 3,168 3,546 4,334 4,728 6,304 6,336 6,501 7,092 8,668 9,456 12,608 13,002 14,184 17,336 18,912 19,503 26,004 28,368 34,672 37,824 39,006 52,008 56,736 69,344 78,012 104,016 113,472 138,688 156,024 208,032 312,048 416,064 624,096 and 1,248,192, with no remainder.

Since 1,248,192 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,248,192, 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).