Q: Is 1,425,424 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,425,424 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 1,425,424 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 11 13 14 16 22 26 28 44 52 56 77 88 89 91 104 112 143 154 176 178 182 208 286 308 356 364 572 616 623 712 728 979 1,001 1,144 1,157 1,232 1,246 1,424 1,456 1,958 2,002 2,288 2,314 2,492 3,916 4,004 4,628 4,984 6,853 7,832 8,008 8,099 9,256 9,968 12,727 13,706 15,664 16,016 16,198 18,512 25,454 27,412 32,396 50,908 54,824 64,792 89,089 101,816 109,648 129,584 178,178 203,632 356,356 712,712 and 1,425,424, with no remainder.

Since 1,425,424 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,425,424, 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).