Q: Is 1,420,608 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,420,608 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 1,420,608 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 32 42 48 49 56 64 84 96 98 112 147 151 168 192 196 224 294 302 336 392 448 453 588 604 672 784 906 1,057 1,176 1,208 1,344 1,568 1,812 2,114 2,352 2,416 3,136 3,171 3,624 4,228 4,704 4,832 6,342 7,248 7,399 8,456 9,408 9,664 12,684 14,496 14,798 16,912 22,197 25,368 28,992 29,596 33,824 44,394 50,736 59,192 67,648 88,788 101,472 118,384 177,576 202,944 236,768 355,152 473,536 710,304 and 1,420,608, with no remainder.

Since 1,420,608 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,420,608, 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).