Q: Is 1,117,116 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,117,116 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 1,117,116 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 11 12 13 14 18 21 22 26 28 31 33 36 39 42 44 52 62 63 66 77 78 84 91 93 99 117 124 126 132 143 154 156 182 186 198 217 231 234 252 273 279 286 308 341 364 372 396 403 429 434 462 468 546 558 572 651 682 693 806 819 858 868 924 1,001 1,023 1,092 1,116 1,209 1,287 1,302 1,364 1,386 1,612 1,638 1,716 1,953 2,002 2,046 2,387 2,418 2,574 2,604 2,772 2,821 3,003 3,069 3,276 3,627 3,906 4,004 4,092 4,433 4,774 4,836 5,148 5,642 6,006 6,138 7,161 7,254 7,812 8,463 8,866 9,009 9,548 11,284 12,012 12,276 13,299 14,322 14,508 16,926 17,732 18,018 21,483 25,389 26,598 28,644 31,031 33,852 36,036 39,897 42,966 50,778 53,196 62,062 79,794 85,932 93,093 101,556 124,124 159,588 186,186 279,279 372,372 558,558 and 1,117,116, with no remainder.

Since 1,117,116 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,117,116, 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).