Q: Is 1,138,896 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,138,896 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 1,138,896 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 16 18 22 24 33 36 44 48 66 72 88 99 132 144 176 198 264 396 528 719 792 1,438 1,584 2,157 2,876 4,314 5,752 6,471 7,909 8,628 11,504 12,942 15,818 17,256 23,727 25,884 31,636 34,512 47,454 51,768 63,272 71,181 94,908 103,536 126,544 142,362 189,816 284,724 379,632 569,448 and 1,138,896, with no remainder.

Since 1,138,896 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,138,896, 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).