Q: Is 1,018,584 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,018,584 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 1,018,584 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 18 21 24 28 36 42 43 47 56 63 72 84 86 94 126 129 141 168 172 188 252 258 282 301 329 344 376 387 423 504 516 564 602 658 774 846 903 987 1,032 1,128 1,204 1,316 1,548 1,692 1,806 1,974 2,021 2,408 2,632 2,709 2,961 3,096 3,384 3,612 3,948 4,042 5,418 5,922 6,063 7,224 7,896 8,084 10,836 11,844 12,126 14,147 16,168 18,189 21,672 23,688 24,252 28,294 36,378 42,441 48,504 56,588 72,756 84,882 113,176 127,323 145,512 169,764 254,646 339,528 509,292 and 1,018,584, with no remainder.

Since 1,018,584 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,018,584, 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).