Q: Is 1,290,708 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,290,708 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 1,290,708 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 17 18 19 27 34 36 37 38 51 54 57 68 74 76 102 108 111 114 148 153 171 204 222 228 306 323 333 342 444 459 513 612 629 646 666 684 703 918 969 999 1,026 1,258 1,292 1,332 1,406 1,836 1,887 1,938 1,998 2,052 2,109 2,516 2,812 2,907 3,774 3,876 3,996 4,218 5,661 5,814 6,327 7,548 8,436 8,721 11,322 11,628 11,951 12,654 16,983 17,442 18,981 22,644 23,902 25,308 33,966 34,884 35,853 37,962 47,804 67,932 71,706 75,924 107,559 143,412 215,118 322,677 430,236 645,354 and 1,290,708, with no remainder.

Since 1,290,708 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,290,708, 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).