Q: Is 1,373,372 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,373,372 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 1,373,372 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 11 13 14 22 26 28 44 49 52 77 91 98 143 154 182 196 286 308 343 364 539 572 637 686 1,001 1,078 1,274 1,372 2,002 2,156 2,401 2,548 3,773 4,004 4,459 4,802 7,007 7,546 8,918 9,604 14,014 15,092 17,836 26,411 28,028 31,213 49,049 52,822 62,426 98,098 105,644 124,852 196,196 343,343 686,686 and 1,373,372, with no remainder.

Since 1,373,372 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,373,372, 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).