Q: Is 1,276,704 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,276,704 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 1,276,704 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 13 16 18 22 24 26 31 32 33 36 39 44 48 52 62 66 72 78 88 93 96 99 104 117 124 132 143 144 156 176 186 198 208 234 248 264 279 286 288 312 341 352 372 396 403 416 429 468 496 528 558 572 624 682 744 792 806 858 936 992 1,023 1,056 1,116 1,144 1,209 1,248 1,287 1,364 1,488 1,584 1,612 1,716 1,872 2,046 2,232 2,288 2,418 2,574 2,728 2,976 3,069 3,168 3,224 3,432 3,627 3,744 4,092 4,433 4,464 4,576 4,836 5,148 5,456 6,138 6,448 6,864 7,254 8,184 8,866 8,928 9,672 10,296 10,912 12,276 12,896 13,299 13,728 14,508 16,368 17,732 19,344 20,592 24,552 26,598 29,016 32,736 35,464 38,688 39,897 41,184 49,104 53,196 58,032 70,928 79,794 98,208 106,392 116,064 141,856 159,588 212,784 319,176 425,568 638,352 and 1,276,704, with no remainder.

Since 1,276,704 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,276,704, 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).