Q: Is 1,116,882 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,116,882 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 1,116,882 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 13 18 26 27 37 39 43 54 74 78 86 111 117 129 222 234 258 333 351 387 481 559 666 702 774 962 999 1,118 1,161 1,443 1,591 1,677 1,998 2,322 2,886 3,182 3,354 4,329 4,773 5,031 8,658 9,546 10,062 12,987 14,319 15,093 20,683 25,974 28,638 30,186 41,366 42,957 62,049 85,914 124,098 186,147 372,294 558,441 and 1,116,882, with no remainder.

Since 1,116,882 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,116,882, 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).