Q: Is 1,177,968 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,177,968 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 1,177,968 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 16 22 23 24 33 44 46 48 66 69 88 92 97 132 138 176 184 194 253 264 276 291 368 388 506 528 552 582 759 776 1,012 1,067 1,104 1,164 1,518 1,552 2,024 2,134 2,231 2,328 3,036 3,201 4,048 4,268 4,462 4,656 6,072 6,402 6,693 8,536 8,924 12,144 12,804 13,386 17,072 17,848 24,541 25,608 26,772 35,696 49,082 51,216 53,544 73,623 98,164 107,088 147,246 196,328 294,492 392,656 588,984 and 1,177,968, with no remainder.

Since 1,177,968 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,177,968, 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).