Q: Is 1,161,864 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,161,864 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 1,161,864 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 18 22 24 27 33 36 44 54 66 72 81 88 99 108 132 162 163 198 216 264 297 324 326 396 489 594 648 652 792 891 978 1,188 1,304 1,467 1,782 1,793 1,956 2,376 2,934 3,564 3,586 3,912 4,401 5,379 5,868 7,128 7,172 8,802 10,758 11,736 13,203 14,344 16,137 17,604 21,516 26,406 32,274 35,208 43,032 48,411 52,812 64,548 96,822 105,624 129,096 145,233 193,644 290,466 387,288 580,932 and 1,161,864, with no remainder.

Since 1,161,864 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,161,864, 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).