Q: Is 1,103,472 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,103,472 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 1,103,472 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 36 48 72 79 97 144 158 194 237 291 316 388 474 582 632 711 776 873 948 1,164 1,264 1,422 1,552 1,746 1,896 2,328 2,844 3,492 3,792 4,656 5,688 6,984 7,663 11,376 13,968 15,326 22,989 30,652 45,978 61,304 68,967 91,956 122,608 137,934 183,912 275,868 367,824 551,736 and 1,103,472, with no remainder.

Since 1,103,472 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,103,472, 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).