Q: Is 1,403,424 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,403,424 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 1,403,424 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 16 18 22 24 32 33 36 44 48 66 72 88 96 99 132 144 176 198 264 288 352 396 443 528 792 886 1,056 1,329 1,584 1,772 2,658 3,168 3,544 3,987 4,873 5,316 7,088 7,974 9,746 10,632 14,176 14,619 15,948 19,492 21,264 29,238 31,896 38,984 42,528 43,857 58,476 63,792 77,968 87,714 116,952 127,584 155,936 175,428 233,904 350,856 467,808 701,712 and 1,403,424, with no remainder.

Since 1,403,424 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,403,424, 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).