Q: Is 1,395,744 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,395,744 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 1,395,744 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 31 32 42 48 56 62 67 84 93 96 112 124 134 168 186 201 217 224 248 268 336 372 402 434 469 496 536 651 672 744 804 868 938 992 1,072 1,302 1,407 1,488 1,608 1,736 1,876 2,077 2,144 2,604 2,814 2,976 3,216 3,472 3,752 4,154 5,208 5,628 6,231 6,432 6,944 7,504 8,308 10,416 11,256 12,462 14,539 15,008 16,616 20,832 22,512 24,924 29,078 33,232 43,617 45,024 49,848 58,156 66,464 87,234 99,696 116,312 174,468 199,392 232,624 348,936 465,248 697,872 and 1,395,744, with no remainder.

Since 1,395,744 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,395,744, 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).