Q: Is 1,081,740 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,081,740 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 1,081,740 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 11 12 15 20 22 30 33 44 55 60 66 110 121 132 149 165 220 242 298 330 363 447 484 596 605 660 726 745 894 1,210 1,452 1,490 1,639 1,788 1,815 2,235 2,420 2,980 3,278 3,630 4,470 4,917 6,556 7,260 8,195 8,940 9,834 16,390 18,029 19,668 24,585 32,780 36,058 49,170 54,087 72,116 90,145 98,340 108,174 180,290 216,348 270,435 360,580 540,870 and 1,081,740, with no remainder.

Since 1,081,740 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,081,740, 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).