Q: Is 1,018,512 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,018,512 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 1,018,512 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 99 132 144 176 198 264 396 528 643 792 1,286 1,584 1,929 2,572 3,858 5,144 5,787 7,073 7,716 10,288 11,574 14,146 15,432 21,219 23,148 28,292 30,864 42,438 46,296 56,584 63,657 84,876 92,592 113,168 127,314 169,752 254,628 339,504 509,256 and 1,018,512, with no remainder.

Since 1,018,512 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,018,512, 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).