Q: Is 1,122,540 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,122,540 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 1,122,540 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 12 15 20 30 53 60 106 159 212 265 318 353 530 636 706 795 1,059 1,060 1,412 1,590 1,765 2,118 3,180 3,530 4,236 5,295 7,060 10,590 18,709 21,180 37,418 56,127 74,836 93,545 112,254 187,090 224,508 280,635 374,180 561,270 and 1,122,540, with no remainder.

Since 1,122,540 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,122,540, 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).