Q: Is 1,277,328 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,277,328 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 1,277,328 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 16 23 24 26 39 46 48 52 69 78 89 92 104 138 156 178 184 208 267 276 299 312 356 368 534 552 598 624 712 897 1,068 1,104 1,157 1,196 1,424 1,794 2,047 2,136 2,314 2,392 3,471 3,588 4,094 4,272 4,628 4,784 6,141 6,942 7,176 8,188 9,256 12,282 13,884 14,352 16,376 18,512 24,564 26,611 27,768 32,752 49,128 53,222 55,536 79,833 98,256 106,444 159,666 212,888 319,332 425,776 638,664 and 1,277,328, with no remainder.

Since 1,277,328 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,277,328, 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).