Q: Is 1,373,232 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,373,232 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 1,373,232 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 42 48 56 61 67 84 112 122 134 168 183 201 244 268 336 366 402 427 469 488 536 732 804 854 938 976 1,072 1,281 1,407 1,464 1,608 1,708 1,876 2,562 2,814 2,928 3,216 3,416 3,752 4,087 5,124 5,628 6,832 7,504 8,174 10,248 11,256 12,261 16,348 20,496 22,512 24,522 28,609 32,696 49,044 57,218 65,392 85,827 98,088 114,436 171,654 196,176 228,872 343,308 457,744 686,616 and 1,373,232, with no remainder.

Since 1,373,232 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,373,232, 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).