Q: Is 1,193,544 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,193,544 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 1,193,544 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 18 22 24 33 36 44 66 72 88 99 121 132 137 198 242 264 274 363 396 411 484 548 726 792 822 968 1,089 1,096 1,233 1,452 1,507 1,644 2,178 2,466 2,904 3,014 3,288 4,356 4,521 4,932 6,028 8,712 9,042 9,864 12,056 13,563 16,577 18,084 27,126 33,154 36,168 49,731 54,252 66,308 99,462 108,504 132,616 149,193 198,924 298,386 397,848 596,772 and 1,193,544, with no remainder.

Since 1,193,544 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,193,544, 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).