Q: Is 1,141,536 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,141,536 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 1,141,536 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 16 22 23 24 32 33 44 46 47 48 66 69 88 92 94 96 132 138 141 176 184 188 253 264 276 282 352 368 376 506 517 528 552 564 736 752 759 1,012 1,034 1,056 1,081 1,104 1,128 1,504 1,518 1,551 2,024 2,068 2,162 2,208 2,256 3,036 3,102 3,243 4,048 4,136 4,324 4,512 6,072 6,204 6,486 8,096 8,272 8,648 11,891 12,144 12,408 12,972 16,544 17,296 23,782 24,288 24,816 25,944 34,592 35,673 47,564 49,632 51,888 71,346 95,128 103,776 142,692 190,256 285,384 380,512 570,768 and 1,141,536, with no remainder.

Since 1,141,536 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,141,536, 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).