Q: Is 1,428,336 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,428,336 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 1,428,336 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 13 14 16 18 21 24 26 28 36 39 42 48 52 56 63 72 78 84 91 104 109 112 117 126 144 156 168 182 208 218 234 252 273 312 327 336 364 436 468 504 546 624 654 728 763 819 872 936 981 1,008 1,092 1,308 1,417 1,456 1,526 1,638 1,744 1,872 1,962 2,184 2,289 2,616 2,834 3,052 3,276 3,924 4,251 4,368 4,578 5,232 5,668 6,104 6,552 6,867 7,848 8,502 9,156 9,919 11,336 12,208 12,753 13,104 13,734 15,696 17,004 18,312 19,838 22,672 25,506 27,468 29,757 34,008 36,624 39,676 51,012 54,936 59,514 68,016 79,352 89,271 102,024 109,872 119,028 158,704 178,542 204,048 238,056 357,084 476,112 714,168 and 1,428,336, with no remainder.

Since 1,428,336 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,428,336, 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).