Q: Is 1,266,912 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,266,912 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 1,266,912 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 32 36 48 53 72 83 96 106 144 159 166 212 249 288 318 332 424 477 498 636 664 747 848 954 996 1,272 1,328 1,494 1,696 1,908 1,992 2,544 2,656 2,988 3,816 3,984 4,399 5,088 5,976 7,632 7,968 8,798 11,952 13,197 15,264 17,596 23,904 26,394 35,192 39,591 52,788 70,384 79,182 105,576 140,768 158,364 211,152 316,728 422,304 633,456 and 1,266,912, with no remainder.

Since 1,266,912 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,266,912, 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).