Q: Is 1,036,152 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,036,152 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 1,036,152 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 18 24 26 27 36 39 41 52 54 72 78 81 82 104 108 117 123 156 162 164 216 234 243 246 312 324 328 351 369 468 486 492 533 648 702 738 936 972 984 1,053 1,066 1,107 1,404 1,476 1,599 1,944 2,106 2,132 2,214 2,808 2,952 3,159 3,198 3,321 4,212 4,264 4,428 4,797 6,318 6,396 6,642 8,424 8,856 9,594 9,963 12,636 12,792 13,284 14,391 19,188 19,926 25,272 26,568 28,782 38,376 39,852 43,173 57,564 79,704 86,346 115,128 129,519 172,692 259,038 345,384 518,076 and 1,036,152, with no remainder.

Since 1,036,152 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,036,152, 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).