Q: Is 1,121,456 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,121,456 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 1,121,456 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 17 19 28 31 34 38 56 62 68 76 112 119 124 133 136 152 217 238 248 266 272 304 323 434 476 496 527 532 589 646 868 952 1,054 1,064 1,178 1,292 1,736 1,904 2,108 2,128 2,261 2,356 2,584 3,472 3,689 4,123 4,216 4,522 4,712 5,168 7,378 8,246 8,432 9,044 9,424 10,013 14,756 16,492 18,088 20,026 29,512 32,984 36,176 40,052 59,024 65,968 70,091 80,104 140,182 160,208 280,364 560,728 and 1,121,456, with no remainder.

Since 1,121,456 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,121,456, 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).