Q: Is 1,119,936 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,119,936 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 1,119,936 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 19 24 32 38 48 57 64 76 96 114 152 192 228 304 307 456 608 614 912 921 1,216 1,228 1,824 1,842 2,456 3,648 3,684 4,912 5,833 7,368 9,824 11,666 14,736 17,499 19,648 23,332 29,472 34,998 46,664 58,944 69,996 93,328 139,992 186,656 279,984 373,312 559,968 and 1,119,936, with no remainder.

Since 1,119,936 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,119,936, 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).