Q: Is 1,070,706 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,070,706 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 1,070,706 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 13 14 21 26 37 39 42 53 74 78 91 106 111 159 182 222 259 273 318 371 481 518 546 689 742 777 962 1,113 1,378 1,443 1,554 1,961 2,067 2,226 2,886 3,367 3,922 4,134 4,823 5,883 6,734 9,646 10,101 11,766 13,727 14,469 20,202 25,493 27,454 28,938 41,181 50,986 76,479 82,362 152,958 178,451 356,902 535,353 and 1,070,706, with no remainder.

Since 1,070,706 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,070,706, 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).