Q: Is 1,371,942 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,371,942 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 1,371,942 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 11 13 18 22 26 33 39 41 66 78 82 99 117 123 143 169 198 234 246 286 338 369 429 451 507 533 738 858 902 1,014 1,066 1,287 1,353 1,521 1,599 1,859 2,574 2,706 3,042 3,198 3,718 4,059 4,797 5,577 5,863 6,929 8,118 9,594 11,154 11,726 13,858 16,731 17,589 20,787 33,462 35,178 41,574 52,767 62,361 76,219 105,534 124,722 152,438 228,657 457,314 685,971 and 1,371,942, with no remainder.

Since 1,371,942 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,371,942, 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).