Q: Is 1,053,216 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,053,216 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 1,053,216 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 23 24 27 32 36 46 48 53 54 69 72 92 96 106 108 138 144 159 184 207 212 216 276 288 318 368 414 424 432 477 552 621 636 736 828 848 864 954 1,104 1,219 1,242 1,272 1,431 1,656 1,696 1,908 2,208 2,438 2,484 2,544 2,862 3,312 3,657 3,816 4,876 4,968 5,088 5,724 6,624 7,314 7,632 9,752 9,936 10,971 11,448 14,628 15,264 19,504 19,872 21,942 22,896 29,256 32,913 39,008 43,884 45,792 58,512 65,826 87,768 117,024 131,652 175,536 263,304 351,072 526,608 and 1,053,216, with no remainder.

Since 1,053,216 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,053,216, 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).