Q: Is 1,177,488 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,177,488 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 1,177,488 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 16 17 18 24 26 34 36 37 39 48 51 52 68 72 74 78 102 104 111 117 136 144 148 153 156 204 208 221 222 234 272 296 306 312 333 408 442 444 468 481 592 612 624 629 663 666 816 884 888 936 962 1,224 1,258 1,326 1,332 1,443 1,768 1,776 1,872 1,887 1,924 1,989 2,448 2,516 2,652 2,664 2,886 3,536 3,774 3,848 3,978 4,329 5,032 5,304 5,328 5,661 5,772 7,548 7,696 7,956 8,177 8,658 10,064 10,608 11,322 11,544 15,096 15,912 16,354 17,316 22,644 23,088 24,531 30,192 31,824 32,708 34,632 45,288 49,062 65,416 69,264 73,593 90,576 98,124 130,832 147,186 196,248 294,372 392,496 588,744 and 1,177,488, with no remainder.

Since 1,177,488 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,177,488, 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).