Q: Is 1,103,856 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,103,856 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 1,103,856 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 16 24 26 29 39 48 52 58 61 78 87 104 116 122 156 174 183 208 232 244 312 348 366 377 464 488 624 696 732 754 793 976 1,131 1,392 1,464 1,508 1,586 1,769 2,262 2,379 2,928 3,016 3,172 3,538 4,524 4,758 5,307 6,032 6,344 7,076 9,048 9,516 10,614 12,688 14,152 18,096 19,032 21,228 22,997 28,304 38,064 42,456 45,994 68,991 84,912 91,988 137,982 183,976 275,964 367,952 551,928 and 1,103,856, with no remainder.

Since 1,103,856 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,103,856, 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).