Q: Is 1,149,792 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,149,792 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 1,149,792 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 29 32 42 48 56 58 59 84 87 96 112 116 118 168 174 177 203 224 232 236 336 348 354 406 413 464 472 609 672 696 708 812 826 928 944 1,218 1,239 1,392 1,416 1,624 1,652 1,711 1,888 2,436 2,478 2,784 2,832 3,248 3,304 3,422 4,872 4,956 5,133 5,664 6,496 6,608 6,844 9,744 9,912 10,266 11,977 13,216 13,688 19,488 19,824 20,532 23,954 27,376 35,931 39,648 41,064 47,908 54,752 71,862 82,128 95,816 143,724 164,256 191,632 287,448 383,264 574,896 and 1,149,792, with no remainder.

Since 1,149,792 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,149,792, 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).