Q: Is 1,104,516 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,104,516 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 1,104,516 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 12 14 18 21 27 28 36 42 54 63 81 84 108 126 162 189 252 324 378 487 567 756 974 1,134 1,461 1,948 2,268 2,922 3,409 4,383 5,844 6,818 8,766 10,227 13,149 13,636 17,532 20,454 26,298 30,681 39,447 40,908 52,596 61,362 78,894 92,043 122,724 157,788 184,086 276,129 368,172 552,258 and 1,104,516, with no remainder.

Since 1,104,516 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,104,516, 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).