Q: Is 1,257,438 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,257,438 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 1,257,438 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 13 14 21 26 39 42 47 49 78 91 94 98 141 147 182 273 282 294 329 343 546 611 637 658 686 987 1,029 1,222 1,274 1,833 1,911 1,974 2,058 2,303 3,666 3,822 4,277 4,459 4,606 6,909 8,554 8,918 12,831 13,377 13,818 16,121 25,662 26,754 29,939 32,242 48,363 59,878 89,817 96,726 179,634 209,573 419,146 628,719 and 1,257,438, with no remainder.

Since 1,257,438 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,257,438, 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).