Q: Is 1,183,336 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,183,336 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 1,183,336 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 11 14 17 22 28 34 44 56 68 77 88 113 119 136 154 187 226 238 308 374 452 476 616 748 791 904 952 1,243 1,309 1,496 1,582 1,921 2,486 2,618 3,164 3,842 4,972 5,236 6,328 7,684 8,701 9,944 10,472 13,447 15,368 17,402 21,131 26,894 34,804 42,262 53,788 69,608 84,524 107,576 147,917 169,048 295,834 591,668 and 1,183,336, with no remainder.

Since 1,183,336 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,183,336, 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).