Q: Is 1,006,020 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,006,020 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 1,006,020 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 15 18 20 23 27 30 36 45 46 54 60 69 81 90 92 108 115 135 138 162 180 207 230 243 270 276 324 345 405 414 460 486 540 621 690 729 810 828 972 1,035 1,215 1,242 1,380 1,458 1,620 1,863 2,070 2,187 2,430 2,484 2,916 3,105 3,645 3,726 4,140 4,374 4,860 5,589 6,210 7,290 7,452 8,748 9,315 10,935 11,178 12,420 14,580 16,767 18,630 21,870 22,356 27,945 33,534 37,260 43,740 50,301 55,890 67,068 83,835 100,602 111,780 167,670 201,204 251,505 335,340 503,010 and 1,006,020, with no remainder.

Since 1,006,020 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,006,020, 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).