Q: Is 1,259,928 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,259,928 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 1,259,928 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 19 24 27 36 38 54 57 72 76 108 114 152 171 216 228 307 342 456 513 614 684 921 1,026 1,228 1,368 1,842 2,052 2,456 2,763 3,684 4,104 5,526 5,833 7,368 8,289 11,052 11,666 16,578 17,499 22,104 23,332 33,156 34,998 46,664 52,497 66,312 69,996 104,994 139,992 157,491 209,988 314,982 419,976 629,964 and 1,259,928, with no remainder.

Since 1,259,928 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,259,928, 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).