Q: Is 1,252,524 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,252,524 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 1,252,524 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 12 13 14 21 26 28 31 37 39 42 52 62 74 78 84 91 93 111 124 148 156 182 186 217 222 259 273 364 372 403 434 444 481 518 546 651 777 806 868 962 1,036 1,092 1,147 1,209 1,302 1,443 1,554 1,612 1,924 2,294 2,418 2,604 2,821 2,886 3,108 3,367 3,441 4,588 4,836 5,642 5,772 6,734 6,882 8,029 8,463 10,101 11,284 13,468 13,764 14,911 16,058 16,926 20,202 24,087 29,822 32,116 33,852 40,404 44,733 48,174 59,644 89,466 96,348 104,377 178,932 208,754 313,131 417,508 626,262 and 1,252,524, with no remainder.

Since 1,252,524 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,252,524, 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).