Q: Is 1,053,504 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,053,504 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 1,053,504 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 31 32 36 48 59 62 64 72 93 96 118 124 144 177 186 192 236 248 279 288 354 372 472 496 531 558 576 708 744 944 992 1,062 1,116 1,416 1,488 1,829 1,888 1,984 2,124 2,232 2,832 2,976 3,658 3,776 4,248 4,464 5,487 5,664 5,952 7,316 8,496 8,928 10,974 11,328 14,632 16,461 16,992 17,856 21,948 29,264 32,922 33,984 43,896 58,528 65,844 87,792 117,056 131,688 175,584 263,376 351,168 526,752 and 1,053,504, with no remainder.

Since 1,053,504 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,053,504, 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).