Q: Is 1,308,762 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,308,762 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 1,308,762 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 13 14 17 18 21 26 34 39 42 47 51 63 78 91 94 102 117 119 126 141 153 182 221 234 238 273 282 306 329 357 423 442 546 611 658 663 714 799 819 846 987 1,071 1,222 1,326 1,547 1,598 1,638 1,833 1,974 1,989 2,142 2,397 2,961 3,094 3,666 3,978 4,277 4,641 4,794 5,499 5,593 5,922 7,191 8,554 9,282 10,387 10,998 11,186 12,831 13,923 14,382 16,779 20,774 25,662 27,846 31,161 33,558 38,493 50,337 62,322 72,709 76,986 93,483 100,674 145,418 186,966 218,127 436,254 654,381 and 1,308,762, with no remainder.

Since 1,308,762 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,308,762, 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).