Q: Is 1,324,008 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,324,008 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 1,324,008 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 18 21 24 28 36 37 42 56 63 71 72 74 84 111 126 142 148 168 213 222 252 259 284 296 333 426 444 497 504 518 568 639 666 777 852 888 994 1,036 1,278 1,332 1,491 1,554 1,704 1,988 2,072 2,331 2,556 2,627 2,664 2,982 3,108 3,976 4,473 4,662 5,112 5,254 5,964 6,216 7,881 8,946 9,324 10,508 11,928 15,762 17,892 18,389 18,648 21,016 23,643 31,524 35,784 36,778 47,286 55,167 63,048 73,556 94,572 110,334 147,112 165,501 189,144 220,668 331,002 441,336 662,004 and 1,324,008, with no remainder.

Since 1,324,008 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,324,008, 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).