Q: Is 1,167,894 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,167,894 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 1,167,894 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 13 14 18 21 23 26 31 39 42 46 62 63 69 78 91 93 117 126 138 161 182 186 207 217 234 273 279 299 322 403 414 434 483 546 558 598 651 713 806 819 897 966 1,209 1,302 1,426 1,449 1,638 1,794 1,953 2,093 2,139 2,418 2,691 2,821 2,898 3,627 3,906 4,186 4,278 4,991 5,382 5,642 6,279 6,417 7,254 8,463 9,269 9,982 12,558 12,834 14,973 16,926 18,538 18,837 25,389 27,807 29,946 37,674 44,919 50,778 55,614 64,883 83,421 89,838 129,766 166,842 194,649 389,298 583,947 and 1,167,894, with no remainder.

Since 1,167,894 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,167,894, 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).