Q: Is 1,052,946 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,052,946 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 1,052,946 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 17 18 27 31 34 37 51 54 62 74 93 102 111 153 186 222 279 306 333 459 527 558 629 666 837 918 999 1,054 1,147 1,258 1,581 1,674 1,887 1,998 2,294 3,162 3,441 3,774 4,743 5,661 6,882 9,486 10,323 11,322 14,229 16,983 19,499 20,646 28,458 30,969 33,966 38,998 58,497 61,938 116,994 175,491 350,982 526,473 and 1,052,946, with no remainder.

Since 1,052,946 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,052,946, 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).