Q: Is 1,424,124 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,424,124 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 1,424,124 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 13 17 18 26 34 36 39 51 52 68 78 102 117 153 156 179 204 221 234 306 358 442 468 537 612 663 716 884 1,074 1,326 1,611 1,989 2,148 2,327 2,652 3,043 3,222 3,978 4,654 6,086 6,444 6,981 7,956 9,129 9,308 12,172 13,962 18,258 20,943 27,387 27,924 36,516 39,559 41,886 54,774 79,118 83,772 109,548 118,677 158,236 237,354 356,031 474,708 712,062 and 1,424,124, with no remainder.

Since 1,424,124 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,424,124, 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).