Q: Is 1,342,176 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,342,176 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 1,342,176 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 16 22 24 31 32 33 41 44 48 62 66 82 88 93 96 123 124 132 164 176 186 246 248 264 328 341 352 372 451 492 496 528 656 682 744 902 984 992 1,023 1,056 1,271 1,312 1,353 1,364 1,488 1,804 1,968 2,046 2,542 2,706 2,728 2,976 3,608 3,813 3,936 4,092 5,084 5,412 5,456 7,216 7,626 8,184 10,168 10,824 10,912 13,981 14,432 15,252 16,368 20,336 21,648 27,962 30,504 32,736 40,672 41,943 43,296 55,924 61,008 83,886 111,848 122,016 167,772 223,696 335,544 447,392 671,088 and 1,342,176, with no remainder.

Since 1,342,176 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,342,176, 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).