Q: Is 1,296,702 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,296,702 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 1,296,702 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 11 18 22 27 33 37 54 59 66 74 99 111 118 177 198 222 297 333 354 407 531 594 649 666 814 999 1,062 1,221 1,298 1,593 1,947 1,998 2,183 2,442 3,186 3,663 3,894 4,366 5,841 6,549 7,326 10,989 11,682 13,098 17,523 19,647 21,978 24,013 35,046 39,294 48,026 58,941 72,039 117,882 144,078 216,117 432,234 648,351 and 1,296,702, with no remainder.

Since 1,296,702 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,296,702, 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).