Q: Is 1,282,464 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,282,464 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 1,282,464 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 32 36 48 61 72 73 96 122 144 146 183 219 244 288 292 366 438 488 549 584 657 732 876 976 1,098 1,168 1,314 1,464 1,752 1,952 2,196 2,336 2,628 2,928 3,504 4,392 4,453 5,256 5,856 7,008 8,784 8,906 10,512 13,359 17,568 17,812 21,024 26,718 35,624 40,077 53,436 71,248 80,154 106,872 142,496 160,308 213,744 320,616 427,488 641,232 and 1,282,464, with no remainder.

Since 1,282,464 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,282,464, 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).