Q: Is 1,317,576 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,317,576 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 1,317,576 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 24 26 39 41 52 78 82 103 104 123 156 164 206 246 309 312 328 412 492 533 618 824 984 1,066 1,236 1,339 1,599 2,132 2,472 2,678 3,198 4,017 4,223 4,264 5,356 6,396 8,034 8,446 10,712 12,669 12,792 16,068 16,892 25,338 32,136 33,784 50,676 54,899 101,352 109,798 164,697 219,596 329,394 439,192 658,788 and 1,317,576, with no remainder.

Since 1,317,576 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,317,576, 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).