Q: Is 1,239,108 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,239,108 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 1,239,108 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 12 13 26 39 47 52 78 94 141 156 169 188 282 338 507 564 611 676 1,014 1,222 1,833 2,028 2,197 2,444 3,666 4,394 6,591 7,332 7,943 8,788 13,182 15,886 23,829 26,364 31,772 47,658 95,316 103,259 206,518 309,777 413,036 619,554 and 1,239,108, with no remainder.

Since 1,239,108 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,239,108, 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).