Q: Is 1,037,136 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,037,136 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 1,037,136 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 17 24 31 34 41 48 51 62 68 82 93 102 123 124 136 164 186 204 246 248 272 328 372 408 492 496 527 656 697 744 816 984 1,054 1,271 1,394 1,488 1,581 1,968 2,091 2,108 2,542 2,788 3,162 3,813 4,182 4,216 5,084 5,576 6,324 7,626 8,364 8,432 10,168 11,152 12,648 15,252 16,728 20,336 21,607 25,296 30,504 33,456 43,214 61,008 64,821 86,428 129,642 172,856 259,284 345,712 518,568 and 1,037,136, with no remainder.

Since 1,037,136 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,037,136, 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).