Q: Is 1,386,432 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,386,432 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 1,386,432 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 29 32 36 48 58 64 72 83 87 96 116 144 166 174 192 232 249 261 288 332 348 464 498 522 576 664 696 747 928 996 1,044 1,328 1,392 1,494 1,856 1,992 2,088 2,407 2,656 2,784 2,988 3,984 4,176 4,814 5,312 5,568 5,976 7,221 7,968 8,352 9,628 11,952 14,442 15,936 16,704 19,256 21,663 23,904 28,884 38,512 43,326 47,808 57,768 77,024 86,652 115,536 154,048 173,304 231,072 346,608 462,144 693,216 and 1,386,432, with no remainder.

Since 1,386,432 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,386,432, 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).