Q: Is 1,324,752 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,324,752 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 1,324,752 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 13 16 22 24 26 33 39 44 48 52 66 78 88 104 132 143 156 176 193 208 264 286 312 386 429 528 572 579 624 772 858 1,144 1,158 1,544 1,716 2,123 2,288 2,316 2,509 3,088 3,432 4,246 4,632 5,018 6,369 6,864 7,527 8,492 9,264 10,036 12,738 15,054 16,984 20,072 25,476 27,599 30,108 33,968 40,144 50,952 55,198 60,216 82,797 101,904 110,396 120,432 165,594 220,792 331,188 441,584 662,376 and 1,324,752, with no remainder.

Since 1,324,752 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,324,752, 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).