Q: Is 1,412,796 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,412,796 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 1,412,796 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 11 12 14 21 22 28 33 42 44 66 77 84 121 132 139 154 231 242 278 308 363 417 462 484 556 726 834 847 924 973 1,452 1,529 1,668 1,694 1,946 2,541 2,919 3,058 3,388 3,892 4,587 5,082 5,838 6,116 9,174 10,164 10,703 11,676 16,819 18,348 21,406 32,109 33,638 42,812 50,457 64,218 67,276 100,914 117,733 128,436 201,828 235,466 353,199 470,932 706,398 and 1,412,796, with no remainder.

Since 1,412,796 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,412,796, 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).