Q: Is 1,146,852 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,146,852 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 1,146,852 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 12 14 18 21 27 28 36 37 41 42 54 63 74 82 84 108 111 123 126 148 164 189 222 246 252 259 287 333 369 378 444 492 518 574 666 738 756 777 861 999 1,036 1,107 1,148 1,332 1,476 1,517 1,554 1,722 1,998 2,214 2,331 2,583 3,034 3,108 3,444 3,996 4,428 4,551 4,662 5,166 6,068 6,993 7,749 9,102 9,324 10,332 10,619 13,653 13,986 15,498 18,204 21,238 27,306 27,972 30,996 31,857 40,959 42,476 54,612 63,714 81,918 95,571 127,428 163,836 191,142 286,713 382,284 573,426 and 1,146,852, with no remainder.

Since 1,146,852 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,146,852, 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).