Q: Is 1,118,736 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,118,736 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 1,118,736 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 17 18 24 34 36 48 51 68 72 102 136 144 153 204 272 306 408 457 612 816 914 1,224 1,371 1,828 2,448 2,742 3,656 4,113 5,484 7,312 7,769 8,226 10,968 15,538 16,452 21,936 23,307 31,076 32,904 46,614 62,152 65,808 69,921 93,228 124,304 139,842 186,456 279,684 372,912 559,368 and 1,118,736, with no remainder.

Since 1,118,736 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,118,736, 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).