Q: Is 1,372,308 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,372,308 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 1,372,308 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 12 14 17 21 28 31 34 42 51 62 68 84 93 102 119 124 186 204 217 238 357 372 434 476 527 651 714 868 961 1,054 1,302 1,428 1,581 1,922 2,108 2,604 2,883 3,162 3,689 3,844 5,766 6,324 6,727 7,378 11,067 11,532 13,454 14,756 16,337 20,181 22,134 26,908 32,674 40,362 44,268 49,011 65,348 80,724 98,022 114,359 196,044 228,718 343,077 457,436 686,154 and 1,372,308, with no remainder.

Since 1,372,308 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,372,308, 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).