Q: Is 1,059,168 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,059,168 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 1,059,168 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 16 17 22 24 32 33 34 44 48 51 59 66 68 88 96 102 118 132 136 176 177 187 204 236 264 272 352 354 374 408 472 528 544 561 649 708 748 816 944 1,003 1,056 1,122 1,298 1,416 1,496 1,632 1,888 1,947 2,006 2,244 2,596 2,832 2,992 3,009 3,894 4,012 4,488 5,192 5,664 5,984 6,018 7,788 8,024 8,976 10,384 11,033 12,036 15,576 16,048 17,952 20,768 22,066 24,072 31,152 32,096 33,099 44,132 48,144 62,304 66,198 88,264 96,288 132,396 176,528 264,792 353,056 529,584 and 1,059,168, with no remainder.

Since 1,059,168 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,059,168, 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).