Q: Is 1,265,472 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,265,472 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 1,265,472 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 16 18 24 26 32 36 39 48 52 64 72 78 96 104 117 144 156 169 192 208 234 288 312 338 416 468 507 576 624 676 832 936 1,014 1,248 1,352 1,521 1,872 2,028 2,197 2,496 2,704 3,042 3,744 4,056 4,394 5,408 6,084 6,591 7,488 8,112 8,788 10,816 12,168 13,182 16,224 17,576 19,773 24,336 26,364 32,448 35,152 39,546 48,672 52,728 70,304 79,092 97,344 105,456 140,608 158,184 210,912 316,368 421,824 632,736 and 1,265,472, with no remainder.

Since 1,265,472 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,265,472, 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).