Q: Is 1,358,424 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,358,424 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 1,358,424 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 19 24 27 36 38 54 57 72 76 108 114 152 171 216 228 331 342 456 513 662 684 993 1,026 1,324 1,368 1,986 2,052 2,648 2,979 3,972 4,104 5,958 6,289 7,944 8,937 11,916 12,578 17,874 18,867 23,832 25,156 35,748 37,734 50,312 56,601 71,496 75,468 113,202 150,936 169,803 226,404 339,606 452,808 679,212 and 1,358,424, with no remainder.

Since 1,358,424 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,358,424, 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).