Q: Is 1,117,560 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,117,560 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 1,117,560 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 40 60 67 120 134 139 201 268 278 335 402 417 536 556 670 695 804 834 1,005 1,112 1,340 1,390 1,608 1,668 2,010 2,085 2,680 2,780 3,336 4,020 4,170 5,560 8,040 8,340 9,313 16,680 18,626 27,939 37,252 46,565 55,878 74,504 93,130 111,756 139,695 186,260 223,512 279,390 372,520 558,780 and 1,117,560, with no remainder.

Since 1,117,560 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,117,560, 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).