Q: Is 1,379,952 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,379,952 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 1,379,952 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 28 36 37 42 48 56 63 72 74 84 111 112 126 144 148 168 222 252 259 296 333 336 444 504 518 592 666 777 888 1,008 1,036 1,332 1,369 1,554 1,776 2,072 2,331 2,664 2,738 3,108 4,107 4,144 4,662 5,328 5,476 6,216 8,214 9,324 9,583 10,952 12,321 12,432 16,428 18,648 19,166 21,904 24,642 28,749 32,856 37,296 38,332 49,284 57,498 65,712 76,664 86,247 98,568 114,996 153,328 172,494 197,136 229,992 344,988 459,984 689,976 and 1,379,952, with no remainder.

Since 1,379,952 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,379,952, 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).