Q: Is 1,199,616 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,199,616 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 1,199,616 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 16 22 24 32 33 44 48 64 66 71 88 96 128 132 142 176 192 213 256 264 284 352 384 426 512 528 568 704 768 781 852 1,056 1,136 1,408 1,536 1,562 1,704 2,112 2,272 2,343 2,816 3,124 3,408 4,224 4,544 4,686 5,632 6,248 6,816 8,448 9,088 9,372 12,496 13,632 16,896 18,176 18,744 24,992 27,264 36,352 37,488 49,984 54,528 74,976 99,968 109,056 149,952 199,936 299,904 399,872 599,808 and 1,199,616, with no remainder.

Since 1,199,616 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,199,616, 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).