Q: Is 1,014,984 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,014,984 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 1,014,984 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 27 36 37 54 72 74 108 111 127 148 216 222 254 296 333 381 444 508 666 762 888 999 1,016 1,143 1,332 1,524 1,998 2,286 2,664 3,048 3,429 3,996 4,572 4,699 6,858 7,992 9,144 9,398 13,716 14,097 18,796 27,432 28,194 37,592 42,291 56,388 84,582 112,776 126,873 169,164 253,746 338,328 507,492 and 1,014,984, with no remainder.

Since 1,014,984 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,014,984, 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).