Q: Is 1,088,256 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,088,256 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 1,088,256 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 16 24 26 32 39 48 52 64 78 96 104 109 128 156 192 208 218 256 312 327 384 416 436 624 654 768 832 872 1,248 1,308 1,417 1,664 1,744 2,496 2,616 2,834 3,328 3,488 4,251 4,992 5,232 5,668 6,976 8,502 9,984 10,464 11,336 13,952 17,004 20,928 22,672 27,904 34,008 41,856 45,344 68,016 83,712 90,688 136,032 181,376 272,064 362,752 544,128 and 1,088,256, with no remainder.

Since 1,088,256 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,088,256, 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).