Q: Is 1,331,748 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,331,748 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 1,331,748 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 11 12 18 19 22 27 33 36 38 44 54 57 59 66 76 99 108 114 118 132 171 177 198 209 228 236 297 342 354 396 418 513 531 594 627 649 684 708 836 1,026 1,062 1,121 1,188 1,254 1,298 1,593 1,881 1,947 2,052 2,124 2,242 2,508 2,596 3,186 3,363 3,762 3,894 4,484 5,643 5,841 6,372 6,726 7,524 7,788 10,089 11,286 11,682 12,331 13,452 17,523 20,178 22,572 23,364 24,662 30,267 35,046 36,993 40,356 49,324 60,534 70,092 73,986 110,979 121,068 147,972 221,958 332,937 443,916 665,874 and 1,331,748, with no remainder.

Since 1,331,748 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,331,748, 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).