Q: Is 1,224,432 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,224,432 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 1,224,432 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 16 18 22 24 33 36 44 48 66 72 88 99 132 144 176 198 264 396 528 773 792 1,546 1,584 2,319 3,092 4,638 6,184 6,957 8,503 9,276 12,368 13,914 17,006 18,552 25,509 27,828 34,012 37,104 51,018 55,656 68,024 76,527 102,036 111,312 136,048 153,054 204,072 306,108 408,144 612,216 and 1,224,432, with no remainder.

Since 1,224,432 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,224,432, 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).