Q: Is 1,260,792 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,260,792 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 1,260,792 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 18 24 26 27 36 39 52 54 72 78 104 108 117 156 216 234 312 351 449 468 702 898 936 1,347 1,404 1,796 2,694 2,808 3,592 4,041 5,388 5,837 8,082 10,776 11,674 12,123 16,164 17,511 23,348 24,246 32,328 35,022 46,696 48,492 52,533 70,044 96,984 105,066 140,088 157,599 210,132 315,198 420,264 630,396 and 1,260,792, with no remainder.

Since 1,260,792 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,260,792, 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).