Q: Is 1,176,784 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,176,784 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 1,176,784 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 19 28 38 49 56 76 79 98 112 133 152 158 196 266 304 316 392 532 553 632 784 931 1,064 1,106 1,264 1,501 1,862 2,128 2,212 3,002 3,724 3,871 4,424 6,004 7,448 7,742 8,848 10,507 12,008 14,896 15,484 21,014 24,016 30,968 42,028 61,936 73,549 84,056 147,098 168,112 294,196 588,392 and 1,176,784, with no remainder.

Since 1,176,784 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,176,784, 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).