Q: Is 1,177,416 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,177,416 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 1,177,416 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 23 24 27 36 46 54 69 72 79 81 92 108 138 158 162 184 207 216 237 276 316 324 414 474 552 621 632 648 711 828 948 1,242 1,422 1,656 1,817 1,863 1,896 2,133 2,484 2,844 3,634 3,726 4,266 4,968 5,451 5,688 6,399 7,268 7,452 8,532 10,902 12,798 14,536 14,904 16,353 17,064 21,804 25,596 32,706 43,608 49,059 51,192 65,412 98,118 130,824 147,177 196,236 294,354 392,472 588,708 and 1,177,416, with no remainder.

Since 1,177,416 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,177,416, 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).