Q: Is 1,272,672 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,272,672 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 1,272,672 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 32 36 48 54 72 81 96 108 144 162 216 288 324 432 491 648 864 982 1,296 1,473 1,964 2,592 2,946 3,928 4,419 5,892 7,856 8,838 11,784 13,257 15,712 17,676 23,568 26,514 35,352 39,771 47,136 53,028 70,704 79,542 106,056 141,408 159,084 212,112 318,168 424,224 636,336 and 1,272,672, with no remainder.

Since 1,272,672 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,272,672, 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).