Q: Is 1,122,816 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,122,816 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 1,122,816 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 17 24 32 34 43 48 51 64 68 86 96 102 128 129 136 172 192 204 256 258 272 344 384 408 512 516 544 688 731 768 816 1,032 1,088 1,376 1,462 1,536 1,632 2,064 2,176 2,193 2,752 2,924 3,264 4,128 4,352 4,386 5,504 5,848 6,528 8,256 8,704 8,772 11,008 11,696 13,056 16,512 17,544 22,016 23,392 26,112 33,024 35,088 46,784 66,048 70,176 93,568 140,352 187,136 280,704 374,272 561,408 and 1,122,816, with no remainder.

Since 1,122,816 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,122,816, 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).