Q: Is 1,042,320 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,042,320 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 1,042,320 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 40 43 48 60 80 86 101 120 129 172 202 215 240 258 303 344 404 430 505 516 606 645 688 808 860 1,010 1,032 1,212 1,290 1,515 1,616 1,720 2,020 2,064 2,424 2,580 3,030 3,440 4,040 4,343 4,848 5,160 6,060 8,080 8,686 10,320 12,120 13,029 17,372 21,715 24,240 26,058 34,744 43,430 52,116 65,145 69,488 86,860 104,232 130,290 173,720 208,464 260,580 347,440 521,160 and 1,042,320, with no remainder.

Since 1,042,320 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,042,320, 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).