Q: Is 1,103,872 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,103,872 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 1,103,872 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 11 14 16 22 28 32 44 49 56 64 77 88 98 112 128 154 176 196 224 256 308 352 392 448 512 539 616 704 784 896 1,024 1,078 1,232 1,408 1,568 1,792 2,048 2,156 2,464 2,816 3,136 3,584 4,312 4,928 5,632 6,272 7,168 8,624 9,856 11,264 12,544 14,336 17,248 19,712 22,528 25,088 34,496 39,424 50,176 68,992 78,848 100,352 137,984 157,696 275,968 551,936 and 1,103,872, with no remainder.

Since 1,103,872 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,103,872, 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).