Q: Is 1,236,168 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,236,168 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 1,236,168 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 27 36 54 59 72 97 108 118 177 194 216 236 291 354 388 472 531 582 708 776 873 1,062 1,164 1,416 1,593 1,746 2,124 2,328 2,619 3,186 3,492 4,248 5,238 5,723 6,372 6,984 10,476 11,446 12,744 17,169 20,952 22,892 34,338 45,784 51,507 68,676 103,014 137,352 154,521 206,028 309,042 412,056 618,084 and 1,236,168, with no remainder.

Since 1,236,168 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,236,168, 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).