Q: Is 1,135,974 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,135,974 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 1,135,974 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 14 17 21 34 37 42 43 51 74 86 102 111 119 129 222 238 258 259 301 357 518 602 629 714 731 777 903 1,258 1,462 1,554 1,591 1,806 1,887 2,193 3,182 3,774 4,386 4,403 4,773 5,117 8,806 9,546 10,234 11,137 13,209 15,351 22,274 26,418 27,047 30,702 33,411 54,094 66,822 81,141 162,282 189,329 378,658 567,987 and 1,135,974, with no remainder.

Since 1,135,974 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,135,974, 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).