Q: Is 1,184,232 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,184,232 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 1,184,232 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 19 21 24 28 38 42 49 53 56 57 76 84 98 106 114 133 147 152 159 168 196 212 228 266 294 318 371 392 399 424 456 532 588 636 742 798 931 1,007 1,064 1,113 1,176 1,272 1,484 1,596 1,862 2,014 2,226 2,597 2,793 2,968 3,021 3,192 3,724 4,028 4,452 5,194 5,586 6,042 7,049 7,448 7,791 8,056 8,904 10,388 11,172 12,084 14,098 15,582 20,776 21,147 22,344 24,168 28,196 31,164 42,294 49,343 56,392 62,328 84,588 98,686 148,029 169,176 197,372 296,058 394,744 592,116 and 1,184,232, with no remainder.

Since 1,184,232 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,184,232, 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).