Q: Is 1,341,324 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,341,324 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 1,341,324 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 19 36 37 38 53 57 74 76 106 111 114 148 159 171 212 222 228 318 333 342 444 477 636 666 684 703 954 1,007 1,332 1,406 1,908 1,961 2,014 2,109 2,812 3,021 3,922 4,028 4,218 5,883 6,042 6,327 7,844 8,436 9,063 11,766 12,084 12,654 17,649 18,126 23,532 25,308 35,298 36,252 37,259 70,596 74,518 111,777 149,036 223,554 335,331 447,108 670,662 and 1,341,324, with no remainder.

Since 1,341,324 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,341,324, 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).