Q: Is 1,149,336 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,149,336 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 1,149,336 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 17 18 24 27 34 36 51 54 68 72 102 108 136 153 204 216 306 313 408 459 612 626 918 939 1,224 1,252 1,836 1,878 2,504 2,817 3,672 3,756 5,321 5,634 7,512 8,451 10,642 11,268 15,963 16,902 21,284 22,536 31,926 33,804 42,568 47,889 63,852 67,608 95,778 127,704 143,667 191,556 287,334 383,112 574,668 and 1,149,336, with no remainder.

Since 1,149,336 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,149,336, 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).