Q: Is 1,197,468 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,197,468 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 1,197,468 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 29 31 36 37 58 62 74 87 93 111 116 124 148 174 186 222 261 279 333 348 372 444 522 558 666 899 1,044 1,073 1,116 1,147 1,332 1,798 2,146 2,294 2,697 3,219 3,441 3,596 4,292 4,588 5,394 6,438 6,882 8,091 9,657 10,323 10,788 12,876 13,764 16,182 19,314 20,646 32,364 33,263 38,628 41,292 66,526 99,789 133,052 199,578 299,367 399,156 598,734 and 1,197,468, with no remainder.

Since 1,197,468 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,197,468, 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).