Q: Is 1,275,552 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,275,552 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 1,275,552 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 32 36 43 48 72 86 96 103 129 144 172 206 258 288 309 344 387 412 516 618 688 774 824 927 1,032 1,236 1,376 1,548 1,648 1,854 2,064 2,472 3,096 3,296 3,708 4,128 4,429 4,944 6,192 7,416 8,858 9,888 12,384 13,287 14,832 17,716 26,574 29,664 35,432 39,861 53,148 70,864 79,722 106,296 141,728 159,444 212,592 318,888 425,184 637,776 and 1,275,552, with no remainder.

Since 1,275,552 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,275,552, 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).