Q: Is 1,273,392 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,273,392 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 1,273,392 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 36 37 48 72 74 111 144 148 222 239 296 333 444 478 592 666 717 888 956 1,332 1,434 1,776 1,912 2,151 2,664 2,868 3,824 4,302 5,328 5,736 8,604 8,843 11,472 17,208 17,686 26,529 34,416 35,372 53,058 70,744 79,587 106,116 141,488 159,174 212,232 318,348 424,464 636,696 and 1,273,392, with no remainder.

Since 1,273,392 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,273,392, 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).