Q: Is 1,367,496 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,367,496 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 1,367,496 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 18 24 26 27 36 39 52 54 72 78 104 108 117 156 216 234 312 351 468 487 702 936 974 1,404 1,461 1,948 2,808 2,922 3,896 4,383 5,844 6,331 8,766 11,688 12,662 13,149 17,532 18,993 25,324 26,298 35,064 37,986 50,648 52,596 56,979 75,972 105,192 113,958 151,944 170,937 227,916 341,874 455,832 683,748 and 1,367,496, with no remainder.

Since 1,367,496 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,367,496, 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).