Q: Is 1,276,464 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,276,464 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 1,276,464 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 29 42 48 56 58 84 87 112 116 131 168 174 203 232 262 336 348 393 406 464 524 609 696 786 812 917 1,048 1,218 1,392 1,572 1,624 1,834 2,096 2,436 2,751 3,144 3,248 3,668 3,799 4,872 5,502 6,288 7,336 7,598 9,744 11,004 11,397 14,672 15,196 22,008 22,794 26,593 30,392 44,016 45,588 53,186 60,784 79,779 91,176 106,372 159,558 182,352 212,744 319,116 425,488 638,232 and 1,276,464, with no remainder.

Since 1,276,464 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,276,464, 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).