Q: Is 1,048,698 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,048,698 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 1,048,698 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 14 18 21 29 41 42 49 58 63 82 87 98 123 126 147 174 203 246 261 287 294 369 406 441 522 574 609 738 861 882 1,189 1,218 1,421 1,722 1,827 2,009 2,378 2,583 2,842 3,567 3,654 4,018 4,263 5,166 6,027 7,134 8,323 8,526 10,701 12,054 12,789 16,646 18,081 21,402 24,969 25,578 36,162 49,938 58,261 74,907 116,522 149,814 174,783 349,566 524,349 and 1,048,698, with no remainder.

Since 1,048,698 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,048,698, 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).