Q: Is 1,259,258 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,259,258 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 1,259,258 can be evenly divided by 1 2 7 11 13 14 17 22 26 34 37 74 77 91 119 143 154 182 187 221 238 259 286 374 407 442 481 518 629 814 962 1,001 1,258 1,309 1,547 2,002 2,431 2,618 2,849 3,094 3,367 4,403 4,862 5,291 5,698 6,734 6,919 8,177 8,806 10,582 13,838 16,354 17,017 34,034 37,037 48,433 57,239 74,074 89,947 96,866 114,478 179,894 629,629 and 1,259,258, with no remainder.

Since 1,259,258 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,259,258, 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).