Q: Is 1,062,516 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,062,516 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 1,062,516 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 12 13 14 21 26 28 39 42 49 52 78 84 91 98 139 147 156 182 196 273 278 294 364 417 546 556 588 637 834 973 1,092 1,274 1,668 1,807 1,911 1,946 2,548 2,919 3,614 3,822 3,892 5,421 5,838 6,811 7,228 7,644 10,842 11,676 12,649 13,622 20,433 21,684 25,298 27,244 37,947 40,866 50,596 75,894 81,732 88,543 151,788 177,086 265,629 354,172 531,258 and 1,062,516, with no remainder.

Since 1,062,516 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,062,516, 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).