Q: Is 1,339,728 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,339,728 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 1,339,728 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 16 19 24 26 38 39 48 52 57 76 78 104 113 114 152 156 208 226 228 247 304 312 339 452 456 494 624 678 741 904 912 988 1,356 1,469 1,482 1,808 1,976 2,147 2,712 2,938 2,964 3,952 4,294 4,407 5,424 5,876 5,928 6,441 8,588 8,814 11,752 11,856 12,882 17,176 17,628 23,504 25,764 27,911 34,352 35,256 51,528 55,822 70,512 83,733 103,056 111,644 167,466 223,288 334,932 446,576 669,864 and 1,339,728, with no remainder.

Since 1,339,728 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,339,728, 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).