Q: Is 1,118,000 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,118,000 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 1,118,000 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 13 16 20 25 26 40 43 50 52 65 80 86 100 104 125 130 172 200 208 215 250 260 325 344 400 430 500 520 559 650 688 860 1,000 1,040 1,075 1,118 1,300 1,625 1,720 2,000 2,150 2,236 2,600 2,795 3,250 3,440 4,300 4,472 5,200 5,375 5,590 6,500 8,600 8,944 10,750 11,180 13,000 13,975 17,200 21,500 22,360 26,000 27,950 43,000 44,720 55,900 69,875 86,000 111,800 139,750 223,600 279,500 559,000 and 1,118,000, with no remainder.

Since 1,118,000 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,118,000, 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).