Q: Is 1,290,744 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,290,744 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 1,290,744 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 13 14 18 21 24 26 28 36 39 42 52 56 63 72 78 84 91 104 117 126 156 168 182 197 234 252 273 312 364 394 468 504 546 591 728 788 819 936 1,092 1,182 1,379 1,576 1,638 1,773 2,184 2,364 2,561 2,758 3,276 3,546 4,137 4,728 5,122 5,516 6,552 7,092 7,683 8,274 10,244 11,032 12,411 14,184 15,366 16,548 17,927 20,488 23,049 24,822 30,732 33,096 35,854 46,098 49,644 53,781 61,464 71,708 92,196 99,288 107,562 143,416 161,343 184,392 215,124 322,686 430,248 645,372 and 1,290,744, with no remainder.

Since 1,290,744 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,290,744, 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).