Q: Is 1,195,632 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,195,632 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 1,195,632 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 19 23 24 36 38 46 48 57 69 72 76 92 114 138 144 152 171 184 207 228 276 304 342 361 368 414 437 456 552 684 722 828 874 912 1,083 1,104 1,311 1,368 1,444 1,656 1,748 2,166 2,622 2,736 2,888 3,249 3,312 3,496 3,933 4,332 5,244 5,776 6,498 6,992 7,866 8,303 8,664 10,488 12,996 15,732 16,606 17,328 20,976 24,909 25,992 31,464 33,212 49,818 51,984 62,928 66,424 74,727 99,636 132,848 149,454 199,272 298,908 398,544 597,816 and 1,195,632, with no remainder.

Since 1,195,632 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,195,632, 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).