Q: Is 1,183,248 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,183,248 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 1,183,248 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 16 18 22 24 27 33 36 44 48 54 66 72 81 83 88 99 108 132 144 162 166 176 198 216 249 264 297 324 332 396 432 498 528 594 648 664 747 792 891 913 996 1,188 1,296 1,328 1,494 1,584 1,782 1,826 1,992 2,241 2,376 2,739 2,988 3,564 3,652 3,984 4,482 4,752 5,478 5,976 6,723 7,128 7,304 8,217 8,964 10,956 11,952 13,446 14,256 14,608 16,434 17,928 21,912 24,651 26,892 32,868 35,856 43,824 49,302 53,784 65,736 73,953 98,604 107,568 131,472 147,906 197,208 295,812 394,416 591,624 and 1,183,248, with no remainder.

Since 1,183,248 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,183,248, 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).