Q: Is 1,126,224 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,126,224 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 1,126,224 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 16 18 22 24 27 33 36 44 48 54 66 72 79 81 88 99 108 132 144 158 162 176 198 216 237 264 297 316 324 396 432 474 528 594 632 648 711 792 869 891 948 1,188 1,264 1,296 1,422 1,584 1,738 1,782 1,896 2,133 2,376 2,607 2,844 3,476 3,564 3,792 4,266 4,752 5,214 5,688 6,399 6,952 7,128 7,821 8,532 10,428 11,376 12,798 13,904 14,256 15,642 17,064 20,856 23,463 25,596 31,284 34,128 41,712 46,926 51,192 62,568 70,389 93,852 102,384 125,136 140,778 187,704 281,556 375,408 563,112 and 1,126,224, with no remainder.

Since 1,126,224 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,126,224, 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).