Q: Is 1,107,108 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,107,108 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 1,107,108 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 17 18 27 34 36 51 54 67 68 81 102 108 134 153 162 201 204 243 268 306 324 402 459 486 603 612 804 918 972 1,139 1,206 1,377 1,809 1,836 2,278 2,412 2,754 3,417 3,618 4,131 4,556 5,427 5,508 6,834 7,236 8,262 10,251 10,854 13,668 16,281 16,524 20,502 21,708 30,753 32,562 41,004 61,506 65,124 92,259 123,012 184,518 276,777 369,036 553,554 and 1,107,108, with no remainder.

Since 1,107,108 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,107,108, 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).