Q: Is 1,340,196 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,340,196 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 1,340,196 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 11 12 13 22 26 33 39 44 52 66 71 78 121 132 142 143 156 213 242 284 286 363 426 429 484 572 726 781 852 858 923 1,452 1,562 1,573 1,716 1,846 2,343 2,769 3,124 3,146 3,692 4,686 4,719 5,538 6,292 8,591 9,372 9,438 10,153 11,076 17,182 18,876 20,306 25,773 30,459 34,364 40,612 51,546 60,918 103,092 111,683 121,836 223,366 335,049 446,732 670,098 and 1,340,196, with no remainder.

Since 1,340,196 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,340,196, 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).