Q: Is 1,137,708 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,137,708 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 1,137,708 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 11 12 13 17 18 22 26 33 34 36 39 44 51 52 66 68 78 99 102 117 132 143 153 156 169 187 198 204 221 234 286 306 338 374 396 429 442 468 507 561 572 612 663 676 748 858 884 1,014 1,122 1,287 1,326 1,521 1,683 1,716 1,859 1,989 2,028 2,244 2,431 2,574 2,652 2,873 3,042 3,366 3,718 3,978 4,862 5,148 5,577 5,746 6,084 6,732 7,293 7,436 7,956 8,619 9,724 11,154 11,492 14,586 16,731 17,238 21,879 22,308 25,857 29,172 31,603 33,462 34,476 43,758 51,714 63,206 66,924 87,516 94,809 103,428 126,412 189,618 284,427 379,236 568,854 and 1,137,708, with no remainder.

Since 1,137,708 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,137,708, 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).