Q: Is 1,258,488 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,258,488 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 1,258,488 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 11 12 14 18 21 22 24 28 33 36 42 44 56 63 66 72 77 84 88 99 126 132 154 168 198 227 231 252 264 308 396 454 462 504 616 681 693 792 908 924 1,362 1,386 1,589 1,816 1,848 2,043 2,497 2,724 2,772 3,178 4,086 4,767 4,994 5,448 5,544 6,356 7,491 8,172 9,534 9,988 12,712 14,301 14,982 16,344 17,479 19,068 19,976 22,473 28,602 29,964 34,958 38,136 44,946 52,437 57,204 59,928 69,916 89,892 104,874 114,408 139,832 157,311 179,784 209,748 314,622 419,496 629,244 and 1,258,488, with no remainder.

Since 1,258,488 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,258,488, 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).