Q: Is 1,403,376 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,403,376 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 1,403,376 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 16 24 26 39 48 52 78 104 156 169 173 208 312 338 346 507 519 624 676 692 1,014 1,038 1,352 1,384 2,028 2,076 2,249 2,704 2,768 4,056 4,152 4,498 6,747 8,112 8,304 8,996 13,494 17,992 26,988 29,237 35,984 53,976 58,474 87,711 107,952 116,948 175,422 233,896 350,844 467,792 701,688 and 1,403,376, with no remainder.

Since 1,403,376 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,403,376, 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).