Q: Is 1,175,706 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,175,706 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 1,175,706 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 14 18 21 31 42 43 49 62 63 86 93 98 126 129 147 186 217 258 279 294 301 387 434 441 558 602 651 774 882 903 1,302 1,333 1,519 1,806 1,953 2,107 2,666 2,709 3,038 3,906 3,999 4,214 4,557 5,418 6,321 7,998 9,114 9,331 11,997 12,642 13,671 18,662 18,963 23,994 27,342 27,993 37,926 55,986 65,317 83,979 130,634 167,958 195,951 391,902 587,853 and 1,175,706, with no remainder.

Since 1,175,706 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,175,706, 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).