Q: Is 1,124,658 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,124,658 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 1,124,658 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 27 54 59 118 177 353 354 531 706 1,059 1,062 1,593 2,118 3,177 3,186 6,354 9,531 19,062 20,827 41,654 62,481 124,962 187,443 374,886 562,329 and 1,124,658, with no remainder.

Since 1,124,658 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,124,658, 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).