Q: Is 1,254,792 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,254,792 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 1,254,792 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 11 12 14 21 22 24 28 33 42 44 49 56 66 77 84 88 97 98 132 147 154 168 194 196 231 264 291 294 308 388 392 462 539 582 588 616 679 776 924 1,067 1,078 1,164 1,176 1,358 1,617 1,848 2,037 2,134 2,156 2,328 2,716 3,201 3,234 4,074 4,268 4,312 4,753 5,432 6,402 6,468 7,469 8,148 8,536 9,506 12,804 12,936 14,259 14,938 16,296 19,012 22,407 25,608 28,518 29,876 38,024 44,814 52,283 57,036 59,752 89,628 104,566 114,072 156,849 179,256 209,132 313,698 418,264 627,396 and 1,254,792, with no remainder.

Since 1,254,792 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,254,792, 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).