Q: Is 1,327,968 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,327,968 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 1,327,968 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 29 32 36 48 53 54 58 72 87 96 106 108 116 144 159 174 212 216 232 261 288 318 348 424 432 464 477 522 636 696 783 848 864 928 954 1,044 1,272 1,392 1,431 1,537 1,566 1,696 1,908 2,088 2,544 2,784 2,862 3,074 3,132 3,816 4,176 4,611 5,088 5,724 6,148 6,264 7,632 8,352 9,222 11,448 12,296 12,528 13,833 15,264 18,444 22,896 24,592 25,056 27,666 36,888 41,499 45,792 49,184 55,332 73,776 82,998 110,664 147,552 165,996 221,328 331,992 442,656 663,984 and 1,327,968, with no remainder.

Since 1,327,968 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,327,968, 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).