Q: Is 1,043,040 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,043,040 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 1,043,040 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 32 40 41 48 53 60 80 82 96 106 120 123 159 160 164 205 212 240 246 265 318 328 410 424 480 492 530 615 636 656 795 820 848 984 1,060 1,230 1,272 1,312 1,590 1,640 1,696 1,968 2,120 2,173 2,460 2,544 3,180 3,280 3,936 4,240 4,346 4,920 5,088 6,360 6,519 6,560 8,480 8,692 9,840 10,865 12,720 13,038 17,384 19,680 21,730 25,440 26,076 32,595 34,768 43,460 52,152 65,190 69,536 86,920 104,304 130,380 173,840 208,608 260,760 347,680 521,520 and 1,043,040, with no remainder.

Since 1,043,040 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,043,040, 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).