Q: Is 1,046,592 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,046,592 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 1,046,592 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 23 24 32 36 46 48 64 69 72 79 92 96 138 144 158 184 192 207 237 276 288 316 368 414 474 552 576 632 711 736 828 948 1,104 1,264 1,422 1,472 1,656 1,817 1,896 2,208 2,528 2,844 3,312 3,634 3,792 4,416 5,056 5,451 5,688 6,624 7,268 7,584 10,902 11,376 13,248 14,536 15,168 16,353 21,804 22,752 29,072 32,706 43,608 45,504 58,144 65,412 87,216 116,288 130,824 174,432 261,648 348,864 523,296 and 1,046,592, with no remainder.

Since 1,046,592 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,046,592, 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).