Q: Is 1,149,096 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,149,096 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 1,149,096 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 24 26 29 39 52 58 78 87 104 116 127 156 174 232 254 312 348 377 381 508 696 754 762 1,016 1,131 1,508 1,524 1,651 2,262 3,016 3,048 3,302 3,683 4,524 4,953 6,604 7,366 9,048 9,906 11,049 13,208 14,732 19,812 22,098 29,464 39,624 44,196 47,879 88,392 95,758 143,637 191,516 287,274 383,032 574,548 and 1,149,096, with no remainder.

Since 1,149,096 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,149,096, 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).