Q: Is 1,122,924 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,122,924 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 1,122,924 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 11 12 22 33 44 47 66 94 132 141 181 188 282 362 517 543 564 724 1,034 1,086 1,551 1,991 2,068 2,172 3,102 3,982 5,973 6,204 7,964 8,507 11,946 17,014 23,892 25,521 34,028 51,042 93,577 102,084 187,154 280,731 374,308 561,462 and 1,122,924, with no remainder.

Since 1,122,924 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,122,924, 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).