Q: Is 1,268,982 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,268,982 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 1,268,982 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 11 13 17 18 22 26 29 33 34 39 51 58 66 78 87 99 102 117 143 153 174 187 198 221 234 261 286 306 319 374 377 429 442 493 522 561 638 663 754 858 957 986 1,122 1,131 1,287 1,326 1,479 1,683 1,914 1,989 2,262 2,431 2,574 2,871 2,958 3,366 3,393 3,978 4,147 4,437 4,862 5,423 5,742 6,409 6,786 7,293 8,294 8,874 10,846 12,441 12,818 14,586 16,269 19,227 21,879 24,882 32,538 37,323 38,454 43,758 48,807 57,681 70,499 74,646 97,614 115,362 140,998 211,497 422,994 634,491 and 1,268,982, with no remainder.

Since 1,268,982 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,268,982, 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).