Q: Is 1,259,016 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,259,016 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 1,259,016 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 19 22 24 33 38 44 57 66 76 88 114 132 152 209 228 251 264 418 456 502 627 753 836 1,004 1,254 1,506 1,672 2,008 2,508 2,761 3,012 4,769 5,016 5,522 6,024 8,283 9,538 11,044 14,307 16,566 19,076 22,088 28,614 33,132 38,152 52,459 57,228 66,264 104,918 114,456 157,377 209,836 314,754 419,672 629,508 and 1,259,016, with no remainder.

Since 1,259,016 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,259,016, 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).