Q: Is 1,258,848 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,258,848 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 1,258,848 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 31 32 36 47 48 54 62 72 93 94 96 108 124 141 144 186 188 216 248 279 282 288 372 376 423 432 496 558 564 744 752 837 846 864 992 1,116 1,128 1,269 1,457 1,488 1,504 1,674 1,692 2,232 2,256 2,538 2,914 2,976 3,348 3,384 4,371 4,464 4,512 5,076 5,828 6,696 6,768 8,742 8,928 10,152 11,656 13,113 13,392 13,536 17,484 20,304 23,312 26,226 26,784 34,968 39,339 40,608 46,624 52,452 69,936 78,678 104,904 139,872 157,356 209,808 314,712 419,616 629,424 and 1,258,848, with no remainder.

Since 1,258,848 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,258,848, 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).