Q: Is 1,106,424 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,106,424 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 1,106,424 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 18 22 24 33 36 44 66 72 88 99 121 127 132 198 242 254 264 363 381 396 484 508 726 762 792 968 1,016 1,089 1,143 1,397 1,452 1,524 2,178 2,286 2,794 2,904 3,048 4,191 4,356 4,572 5,588 8,382 8,712 9,144 11,176 12,573 15,367 16,764 25,146 30,734 33,528 46,101 50,292 61,468 92,202 100,584 122,936 138,303 184,404 276,606 368,808 553,212 and 1,106,424, with no remainder.

Since 1,106,424 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,106,424, 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).