Q: Is 1,411,872 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,411,872 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 1,411,872 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 11 12 14 16 21 22 24 28 32 33 42 44 48 56 66 77 84 88 96 112 132 154 168 176 191 224 231 264 308 336 352 382 462 528 573 616 672 764 924 1,056 1,146 1,232 1,337 1,528 1,848 2,101 2,292 2,464 2,674 3,056 3,696 4,011 4,202 4,584 5,348 6,112 6,303 7,392 8,022 8,404 9,168 10,696 12,606 14,707 16,044 16,808 18,336 21,392 25,212 29,414 32,088 33,616 42,784 44,121 50,424 58,828 64,176 67,232 88,242 100,848 117,656 128,352 176,484 201,696 235,312 352,968 470,624 705,936 and 1,411,872, with no remainder.

Since 1,411,872 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,411,872, 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).