Q: Is 1,119,768 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,119,768 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 1,119,768 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 24 26 37 39 52 74 78 97 104 111 148 156 194 222 291 296 312 388 444 481 582 776 888 962 1,164 1,261 1,443 1,924 2,328 2,522 2,886 3,589 3,783 3,848 5,044 5,772 7,178 7,566 10,088 10,767 11,544 14,356 15,132 21,534 28,712 30,264 43,068 46,657 86,136 93,314 139,971 186,628 279,942 373,256 559,884 and 1,119,768, with no remainder.

Since 1,119,768 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,119,768, 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).