Q: Is 1,388,832 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,388,832 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 1,388,832 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 17 23 24 32 34 37 46 48 51 68 69 74 92 96 102 111 136 138 148 184 204 222 272 276 296 368 391 408 444 544 552 592 629 736 782 816 851 888 1,104 1,173 1,184 1,258 1,564 1,632 1,702 1,776 1,887 2,208 2,346 2,516 2,553 3,128 3,404 3,552 3,774 4,692 5,032 5,106 6,256 6,808 7,548 9,384 10,064 10,212 12,512 13,616 14,467 15,096 18,768 20,128 20,424 27,232 28,934 30,192 37,536 40,848 43,401 57,868 60,384 81,696 86,802 115,736 173,604 231,472 347,208 462,944 694,416 and 1,388,832, with no remainder.

Since 1,388,832 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,388,832, 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).