Q: Is 1,038,258 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,038,258 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 1,038,258 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 13 17 18 26 27 29 34 39 51 54 58 78 81 87 102 117 153 162 174 221 234 261 306 351 377 442 459 493 522 663 702 754 783 918 986 1,053 1,131 1,326 1,377 1,479 1,566 1,989 2,106 2,262 2,349 2,754 2,958 3,393 3,978 4,437 4,698 5,967 6,409 6,786 8,874 10,179 11,934 12,818 13,311 17,901 19,227 20,358 26,622 30,537 35,802 38,454 39,933 57,681 61,074 79,866 115,362 173,043 346,086 519,129 and 1,038,258, with no remainder.

Since 1,038,258 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,038,258, 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).