Q: Is 1,090,908 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,090,908 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 1,090,908 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 12 13 14 18 21 26 27 28 36 37 39 42 52 54 63 74 78 81 84 91 108 111 117 126 148 156 162 182 189 222 234 252 259 273 324 333 351 364 378 444 468 481 518 546 567 666 702 756 777 819 962 999 1,036 1,053 1,092 1,134 1,332 1,404 1,443 1,554 1,638 1,924 1,998 2,106 2,268 2,331 2,457 2,886 2,997 3,108 3,276 3,367 3,996 4,212 4,329 4,662 4,914 5,772 5,994 6,734 6,993 7,371 8,658 9,324 9,828 10,101 11,988 12,987 13,468 13,986 14,742 17,316 20,202 20,979 25,974 27,972 29,484 30,303 38,961 40,404 41,958 51,948 60,606 77,922 83,916 90,909 121,212 155,844 181,818 272,727 363,636 545,454 and 1,090,908, with no remainder.

Since 1,090,908 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,090,908, 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).