Q: Is 1,198,848 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,198,848 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 1,198,848 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 32 42 48 56 64 84 96 112 128 168 192 223 224 256 336 384 446 448 669 672 768 892 896 1,338 1,344 1,561 1,784 1,792 2,676 2,688 3,122 3,568 4,683 5,352 5,376 6,244 7,136 9,366 10,704 12,488 14,272 18,732 21,408 24,976 28,544 37,464 42,816 49,952 57,088 74,928 85,632 99,904 149,856 171,264 199,808 299,712 399,616 599,424 and 1,198,848, with no remainder.

Since 1,198,848 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,198,848, 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).