Q: Is 1,432,728 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,432,728 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 1,432,728 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 18 22 24 27 33 36 44 54 66 67 72 81 88 99 108 132 134 162 198 201 216 243 264 268 297 324 396 402 486 536 594 603 648 737 792 804 891 972 1,188 1,206 1,474 1,608 1,782 1,809 1,944 2,211 2,376 2,412 2,673 2,948 3,564 3,618 4,422 4,824 5,346 5,427 5,896 6,633 7,128 7,236 8,844 10,692 10,854 13,266 14,472 16,281 17,688 19,899 21,384 21,708 26,532 32,562 39,798 43,416 53,064 59,697 65,124 79,596 119,394 130,248 159,192 179,091 238,788 358,182 477,576 716,364 and 1,432,728, with no remainder.

Since 1,432,728 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,432,728, 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).