Q: Is 1,272,348 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,272,348 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 1,272,348 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 11 12 14 17 18 21 22 27 28 33 34 36 42 44 51 54 63 66 68 77 81 84 99 102 108 119 126 132 153 154 162 187 189 198 204 231 238 243 252 297 306 308 324 357 374 378 396 459 462 476 486 561 567 594 612 693 714 748 756 891 918 924 972 1,071 1,122 1,134 1,188 1,309 1,377 1,386 1,428 1,683 1,701 1,782 1,836 2,079 2,142 2,244 2,268 2,618 2,673 2,754 2,772 3,213 3,366 3,402 3,564 3,927 4,131 4,158 4,284 5,049 5,236 5,346 5,508 6,237 6,426 6,732 6,804 7,854 8,262 8,316 9,639 10,098 10,692 11,781 12,474 12,852 15,147 15,708 16,524 18,711 19,278 20,196 23,562 24,948 28,917 30,294 35,343 37,422 38,556 45,441 47,124 57,834 60,588 70,686 74,844 90,882 106,029 115,668 141,372 181,764 212,058 318,087 424,116 636,174 and 1,272,348, with no remainder.

Since 1,272,348 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,272,348, 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).