Q: Is 1,034,748 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,034,748 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 1,034,748 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 11 12 13 18 22 26 27 33 36 39 44 52 54 66 67 78 99 108 117 132 134 143 156 198 201 234 268 286 297 351 396 402 429 468 572 594 603 702 737 804 858 871 1,188 1,206 1,287 1,404 1,474 1,716 1,742 1,809 2,211 2,412 2,574 2,613 2,948 3,484 3,618 3,861 4,422 5,148 5,226 6,633 7,236 7,722 7,839 8,844 9,581 10,452 13,266 15,444 15,678 19,162 19,899 23,517 26,532 28,743 31,356 38,324 39,798 47,034 57,486 79,596 86,229 94,068 114,972 172,458 258,687 344,916 517,374 and 1,034,748, with no remainder.

Since 1,034,748 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,034,748, 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).