Q: Is 1,194,624 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,194,624 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 1,194,624 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 17 18 24 32 34 36 48 51 61 64 68 72 96 102 122 128 136 144 153 183 192 204 244 272 288 306 366 384 408 488 544 549 576 612 732 816 976 1,037 1,088 1,098 1,152 1,224 1,464 1,632 1,952 2,074 2,176 2,196 2,448 2,928 3,111 3,264 3,904 4,148 4,392 4,896 5,856 6,222 6,528 7,808 8,296 8,784 9,333 9,792 11,712 12,444 16,592 17,568 18,666 19,584 23,424 24,888 33,184 35,136 37,332 49,776 66,368 70,272 74,664 99,552 132,736 149,328 199,104 298,656 398,208 597,312 and 1,194,624, with no remainder.

Since 1,194,624 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,194,624, 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).