Q: Is 1,273,272 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,273,272 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 1,273,272 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 11 12 13 14 21 22 24 26 28 33 39 42 44 52 53 56 66 77 78 84 88 91 104 106 132 143 154 156 159 168 182 212 231 264 273 286 308 312 318 364 371 424 429 462 546 572 583 616 636 689 728 742 858 924 1,001 1,092 1,113 1,144 1,166 1,272 1,378 1,484 1,716 1,749 1,848 2,002 2,067 2,184 2,226 2,332 2,756 2,968 3,003 3,432 3,498 4,004 4,081 4,134 4,452 4,664 4,823 5,512 6,006 6,996 7,579 8,008 8,162 8,268 8,904 9,646 12,012 12,243 13,992 14,469 15,158 16,324 16,536 19,292 22,737 24,024 24,486 28,938 30,316 32,648 38,584 45,474 48,972 53,053 57,876 60,632 90,948 97,944 106,106 115,752 159,159 181,896 212,212 318,318 424,424 636,636 and 1,273,272, with no remainder.

Since 1,273,272 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,273,272, 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).