Q: Is 1,298,232 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,298,232 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 1,298,232 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 18 19 24 26 36 38 39 52 57 72 73 76 78 104 114 117 146 152 156 171 219 228 234 247 292 312 342 438 456 468 494 584 657 684 741 876 936 949 988 1,314 1,368 1,387 1,482 1,752 1,898 1,976 2,223 2,628 2,774 2,847 2,964 3,796 4,161 4,446 5,256 5,548 5,694 5,928 7,592 8,322 8,541 8,892 11,096 11,388 12,483 16,644 17,082 17,784 18,031 22,776 24,966 33,288 34,164 36,062 49,932 54,093 68,328 72,124 99,864 108,186 144,248 162,279 216,372 324,558 432,744 649,116 and 1,298,232, with no remainder.

Since 1,298,232 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,298,232, 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).