Q: Is 1,429,428 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,429,428 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 1,429,428 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 11 12 13 14 17 21 22 26 28 33 34 39 42 44 49 51 52 66 68 77 78 84 91 98 102 119 132 143 147 154 156 182 187 196 204 221 231 238 273 286 294 308 357 364 374 429 442 462 476 539 546 561 572 588 637 663 714 748 833 858 884 924 1,001 1,078 1,092 1,122 1,274 1,309 1,326 1,428 1,547 1,617 1,666 1,716 1,911 2,002 2,156 2,244 2,431 2,499 2,548 2,618 2,652 3,003 3,094 3,234 3,332 3,822 3,927 4,004 4,641 4,862 4,998 5,236 6,006 6,188 6,468 7,007 7,293 7,644 7,854 9,163 9,282 9,724 9,996 10,829 12,012 14,014 14,586 15,708 17,017 18,326 18,564 21,021 21,658 27,489 28,028 29,172 32,487 34,034 36,652 42,042 43,316 51,051 54,978 64,974 68,068 84,084 102,102 109,956 119,119 129,948 204,204 238,238 357,357 476,476 714,714 and 1,429,428, with no remainder.

Since 1,429,428 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,429,428, 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).