Q: Is 1,250,352 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,250,352 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 1,250,352 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 19 24 36 38 48 57 72 76 114 144 152 171 228 304 342 456 457 684 912 914 1,368 1,371 1,828 2,736 2,742 3,656 4,113 5,484 7,312 8,226 8,683 10,968 16,452 17,366 21,936 26,049 32,904 34,732 52,098 65,808 69,464 78,147 104,196 138,928 156,294 208,392 312,588 416,784 625,176 and 1,250,352, with no remainder.

Since 1,250,352 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,250,352, 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).