Q: Is 1,332,324 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,332,324 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 1,332,324 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 12 14 17 18 21 28 34 36 42 51 63 68 84 102 119 126 153 204 238 252 306 311 357 476 612 622 714 933 1,071 1,244 1,428 1,866 2,142 2,177 2,799 3,732 4,284 4,354 5,287 5,598 6,531 8,708 10,574 11,196 13,062 15,861 19,593 21,148 26,124 31,722 37,009 39,186 47,583 63,444 74,018 78,372 95,166 111,027 148,036 190,332 222,054 333,081 444,108 666,162 and 1,332,324, with no remainder.

Since 1,332,324 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,332,324, 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).