Q: Is 1,032,516 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,032,516 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 1,032,516 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 23 29 36 43 46 58 69 86 87 92 116 129 138 172 174 207 258 261 276 348 387 414 516 522 667 774 828 989 1,044 1,247 1,334 1,548 1,978 2,001 2,494 2,668 2,967 3,741 3,956 4,002 4,988 5,934 6,003 7,482 8,004 8,901 11,223 11,868 12,006 14,964 17,802 22,446 24,012 28,681 35,604 44,892 57,362 86,043 114,724 172,086 258,129 344,172 516,258 and 1,032,516, with no remainder.

Since 1,032,516 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,032,516, 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).