Q: Is 1,431,144 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,431,144 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 1,431,144 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 13 18 22 24 26 33 36 39 44 52 66 72 78 88 99 104 117 132 139 143 156 198 234 264 278 286 312 396 417 429 468 556 572 792 834 858 936 1,112 1,144 1,251 1,287 1,529 1,668 1,716 1,807 2,502 2,574 3,058 3,336 3,432 3,614 4,587 5,004 5,148 5,421 6,116 7,228 9,174 10,008 10,296 10,842 12,232 13,761 14,456 16,263 18,348 19,877 21,684 27,522 32,526 36,696 39,754 43,368 55,044 59,631 65,052 79,508 110,088 119,262 130,104 159,016 178,893 238,524 357,786 477,048 715,572 and 1,431,144, with no remainder.

Since 1,431,144 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,431,144, 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).