Q: Is 1,118,502 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,118,502 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 1,118,502 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 11 14 18 21 22 27 33 42 54 63 66 77 99 126 154 189 198 231 269 297 378 462 538 594 693 807 1,386 1,614 1,883 2,079 2,421 2,959 3,766 4,158 4,842 5,649 5,918 7,263 8,877 11,298 14,526 16,947 17,754 20,713 26,631 33,894 41,426 50,841 53,262 62,139 79,893 101,682 124,278 159,786 186,417 372,834 559,251 and 1,118,502, with no remainder.

Since 1,118,502 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,118,502, 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).