Q: Is 1,154,538 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,154,538 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 1,154,538 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 11 14 17 18 21 22 33 34 42 49 51 63 66 77 98 99 102 119 126 147 153 154 187 198 231 238 294 306 343 357 374 441 462 539 561 686 693 714 833 882 1,029 1,071 1,078 1,122 1,309 1,386 1,617 1,666 1,683 2,058 2,142 2,499 2,618 3,087 3,234 3,366 3,773 3,927 4,851 4,998 5,831 6,174 7,497 7,546 7,854 9,163 9,702 11,319 11,662 11,781 14,994 17,493 18,326 22,638 23,562 27,489 33,957 34,986 52,479 54,978 64,141 67,914 82,467 104,958 128,282 164,934 192,423 384,846 577,269 and 1,154,538, with no remainder.

Since 1,154,538 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,154,538, 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).