Q: Is 1,127,568 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,127,568 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 1,127,568 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 16 24 26 39 48 52 78 104 139 156 169 208 278 312 338 417 507 556 624 676 834 1,014 1,112 1,352 1,668 1,807 2,028 2,224 2,704 3,336 3,614 4,056 5,421 6,672 7,228 8,112 10,842 14,456 21,684 23,491 28,912 43,368 46,982 70,473 86,736 93,964 140,946 187,928 281,892 375,856 563,784 and 1,127,568, with no remainder.

Since 1,127,568 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,127,568, 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).