Q: Is 1,042,848 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,042,848 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 1,042,848 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 17 18 24 27 32 34 36 48 51 54 68 71 72 96 102 108 136 142 144 153 204 213 216 272 284 288 306 408 426 432 459 544 568 612 639 816 852 864 918 1,136 1,207 1,224 1,278 1,632 1,704 1,836 1,917 2,272 2,414 2,448 2,556 3,408 3,621 3,672 3,834 4,828 4,896 5,112 6,816 7,242 7,344 7,668 9,656 10,224 10,863 14,484 14,688 15,336 19,312 20,448 21,726 28,968 30,672 32,589 38,624 43,452 57,936 61,344 65,178 86,904 115,872 130,356 173,808 260,712 347,616 521,424 and 1,042,848, with no remainder.

Since 1,042,848 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,042,848, 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).