Q: Is 1,259,776 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,259,776 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 1,259,776 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 19 28 32 37 38 56 64 74 76 112 128 133 148 152 224 256 259 266 296 304 448 518 532 592 608 703 896 1,036 1,064 1,184 1,216 1,406 1,792 2,072 2,128 2,368 2,432 2,812 4,144 4,256 4,736 4,864 4,921 5,624 8,288 8,512 9,472 9,842 11,248 16,576 17,024 19,684 22,496 33,152 34,048 39,368 44,992 66,304 78,736 89,984 157,472 179,968 314,944 629,888 and 1,259,776, with no remainder.

Since 1,259,776 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,259,776, 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).