Q: Is 1,374,984 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,374,984 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 1,374,984 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 18 24 26 36 39 52 72 78 104 113 117 156 169 226 234 312 338 339 452 468 507 676 678 904 936 1,014 1,017 1,352 1,356 1,469 1,521 2,028 2,034 2,712 2,938 3,042 4,056 4,068 4,407 5,876 6,084 8,136 8,814 11,752 12,168 13,221 17,628 19,097 26,442 35,256 38,194 52,884 57,291 76,388 105,768 114,582 152,776 171,873 229,164 343,746 458,328 687,492 and 1,374,984, with no remainder.

Since 1,374,984 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,374,984, 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).