Q: Is 1,037,036 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,037,036 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 1,037,036 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 11 13 14 22 26 28 37 44 49 52 74 77 91 98 143 148 154 182 196 259 286 308 364 407 481 518 539 572 637 814 962 1,001 1,036 1,078 1,274 1,628 1,813 1,924 2,002 2,156 2,548 2,849 3,367 3,626 4,004 5,291 5,698 6,734 7,007 7,252 10,582 11,396 13,468 14,014 19,943 21,164 23,569 28,028 37,037 39,886 47,138 74,074 79,772 94,276 148,148 259,259 518,518 and 1,037,036, with no remainder.

Since 1,037,036 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,037,036, 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).