Q: Is 1,259,412 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,259,412 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 1,259,412 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 11 12 14 21 22 28 29 33 42 44 47 58 66 77 84 87 94 116 132 141 154 174 188 203 231 282 308 319 329 348 406 462 517 564 609 638 658 812 924 957 987 1,034 1,218 1,276 1,316 1,363 1,551 1,914 1,974 2,068 2,233 2,436 2,726 3,102 3,619 3,828 3,948 4,089 4,466 5,452 6,204 6,699 7,238 8,178 8,932 9,541 10,857 13,398 14,476 14,993 16,356 19,082 21,714 26,796 28,623 29,986 38,164 43,428 44,979 57,246 59,972 89,958 104,951 114,492 179,916 209,902 314,853 419,804 629,706 and 1,259,412, with no remainder.

Since 1,259,412 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,259,412, 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).