Q: Is 1,250,928 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,250,928 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 1,250,928 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 17 18 21 24 28 34 36 42 48 51 56 63 68 72 73 84 102 112 119 126 136 144 146 153 168 204 219 238 252 272 292 306 336 357 408 438 476 504 511 584 612 657 714 816 876 952 1,008 1,022 1,071 1,168 1,224 1,241 1,314 1,428 1,533 1,752 1,904 2,044 2,142 2,448 2,482 2,628 2,856 3,066 3,504 3,723 4,088 4,284 4,599 4,964 5,256 5,712 6,132 7,446 8,176 8,568 8,687 9,198 9,928 10,512 11,169 12,264 14,892 17,136 17,374 18,396 19,856 22,338 24,528 26,061 29,784 34,748 36,792 44,676 52,122 59,568 69,496 73,584 78,183 89,352 104,244 138,992 156,366 178,704 208,488 312,732 416,976 625,464 and 1,250,928, with no remainder.

Since 1,250,928 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,250,928, 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).