Q: Is 1,149,552 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,149,552 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 1,149,552 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 36 48 54 72 81 108 144 162 216 324 432 648 887 1,296 1,774 2,661 3,548 5,322 7,096 7,983 10,644 14,192 15,966 21,288 23,949 31,932 42,576 47,898 63,864 71,847 95,796 127,728 143,694 191,592 287,388 383,184 574,776 and 1,149,552, with no remainder.

Since 1,149,552 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,149,552, 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).