Q: Is 1,342,008 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,342,008 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 1,342,008 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 19 24 27 36 38 54 57 72 76 81 108 109 114 152 162 171 216 218 228 324 327 342 436 456 513 648 654 684 872 981 1,026 1,308 1,368 1,539 1,962 2,052 2,071 2,616 2,943 3,078 3,924 4,104 4,142 5,886 6,156 6,213 7,848 8,284 8,829 11,772 12,312 12,426 16,568 17,658 18,639 23,544 24,852 35,316 37,278 49,704 55,917 70,632 74,556 111,834 149,112 167,751 223,668 335,502 447,336 671,004 and 1,342,008, with no remainder.

Since 1,342,008 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,342,008, 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).