Q: Is 1,146,552 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,146,552 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 1,146,552 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 22 24 33 43 44 66 86 88 101 129 132 172 202 258 264 303 344 404 473 516 606 808 946 1,032 1,111 1,212 1,419 1,892 2,222 2,424 2,838 3,333 3,784 4,343 4,444 5,676 6,666 8,686 8,888 11,352 13,029 13,332 17,372 26,058 26,664 34,744 47,773 52,116 95,546 104,232 143,319 191,092 286,638 382,184 573,276 and 1,146,552, with no remainder.

Since 1,146,552 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,146,552, 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).