Q: Is 1,121,232 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,121,232 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 1,121,232 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 42 47 48 56 71 84 94 112 141 142 168 188 213 282 284 329 336 376 426 497 564 568 658 752 852 987 994 1,128 1,136 1,316 1,491 1,704 1,974 1,988 2,256 2,632 2,982 3,337 3,408 3,948 3,976 5,264 5,964 6,674 7,896 7,952 10,011 11,928 13,348 15,792 20,022 23,359 23,856 26,696 40,044 46,718 53,392 70,077 80,088 93,436 140,154 160,176 186,872 280,308 373,744 560,616 and 1,121,232, with no remainder.

Since 1,121,232 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,121,232, 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).