Q: Is 1,358,196 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,358,196 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 1,358,196 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 12 14 19 21 23 28 37 38 42 46 57 69 74 76 84 92 111 114 133 138 148 161 222 228 259 266 276 322 399 437 444 483 518 532 644 703 777 798 851 874 966 1,036 1,311 1,406 1,554 1,596 1,702 1,748 1,932 2,109 2,553 2,622 2,812 3,059 3,108 3,404 4,218 4,921 5,106 5,244 5,957 6,118 8,436 9,177 9,842 10,212 11,914 12,236 14,763 16,169 17,871 18,354 19,684 23,828 29,526 32,338 35,742 36,708 48,507 59,052 64,676 71,484 97,014 113,183 194,028 226,366 339,549 452,732 679,098 and 1,358,196, with no remainder.

Since 1,358,196 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,358,196, 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).