Q: Is 1,107,072 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,107,072 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 1,107,072 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 31 32 36 48 62 64 72 93 96 124 128 144 186 192 248 279 288 372 384 496 558 576 744 961 992 1,116 1,152 1,488 1,922 1,984 2,232 2,883 2,976 3,844 3,968 4,464 5,766 5,952 7,688 8,649 8,928 11,532 11,904 15,376 17,298 17,856 23,064 30,752 34,596 35,712 46,128 61,504 69,192 92,256 123,008 138,384 184,512 276,768 369,024 553,536 and 1,107,072, with no remainder.

Since 1,107,072 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,107,072, 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).