Q: Is 1,043,658 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,043,658 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 1,043,658 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 11 14 18 21 22 27 33 42 54 63 66 77 99 126 154 189 198 231 251 297 378 462 502 594 693 753 1,386 1,506 1,757 2,079 2,259 2,761 3,514 4,158 4,518 5,271 5,522 6,777 8,283 10,542 13,554 15,813 16,566 19,327 24,849 31,626 38,654 47,439 49,698 57,981 74,547 94,878 115,962 149,094 173,943 347,886 521,829 and 1,043,658, with no remainder.

Since 1,043,658 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,043,658, 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).