Q: Is 1,279,152 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,279,152 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 1,279,152 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 27 28 36 42 47 48 54 56 63 72 81 84 94 108 112 126 141 144 162 168 188 189 216 243 252 282 324 329 336 376 378 423 432 486 504 564 567 648 658 752 756 846 972 987 1,008 1,128 1,134 1,269 1,296 1,316 1,512 1,692 1,701 1,944 1,974 2,256 2,268 2,538 2,632 2,961 3,024 3,384 3,402 3,807 3,888 3,948 4,536 5,076 5,264 5,922 6,768 6,804 7,614 7,896 8,883 9,072 10,152 11,421 11,844 13,608 15,228 15,792 17,766 20,304 22,842 23,688 26,649 27,216 30,456 35,532 45,684 47,376 53,298 60,912 71,064 79,947 91,368 106,596 142,128 159,894 182,736 213,192 319,788 426,384 639,576 and 1,279,152, with no remainder.

Since 1,279,152 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,279,152, 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).