Q: Is 1,104,376 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,104,376 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 1,104,376 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 13 14 26 28 37 41 52 56 74 82 91 104 148 164 182 259 287 296 328 364 481 518 533 574 728 962 1,036 1,066 1,148 1,517 1,924 2,072 2,132 2,296 3,034 3,367 3,731 3,848 4,264 6,068 6,734 7,462 10,619 12,136 13,468 14,924 19,721 21,238 26,936 29,848 39,442 42,476 78,884 84,952 138,047 157,768 276,094 552,188 and 1,104,376, with no remainder.

Since 1,104,376 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,104,376, 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).