Q: Is 1,269,216 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,269,216 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 1,269,216 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 16 18 24 26 27 32 36 39 48 52 54 72 78 96 104 108 113 117 144 156 208 216 226 234 288 312 339 351 416 432 452 468 624 678 702 864 904 936 1,017 1,248 1,356 1,404 1,469 1,808 1,872 2,034 2,712 2,808 2,938 3,051 3,616 3,744 4,068 4,407 5,424 5,616 5,876 6,102 8,136 8,814 10,848 11,232 11,752 12,204 13,221 16,272 17,628 23,504 24,408 26,442 32,544 35,256 39,663 47,008 48,816 52,884 70,512 79,326 97,632 105,768 141,024 158,652 211,536 317,304 423,072 634,608 and 1,269,216, with no remainder.

Since 1,269,216 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,269,216, 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).