Q: Is 1,142,960 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,142,960 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 1,142,960 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 13 14 16 20 26 28 35 40 52 56 65 70 80 91 104 112 130 140 157 182 208 260 280 314 364 455 520 560 628 728 785 910 1,040 1,099 1,256 1,456 1,570 1,820 2,041 2,198 2,512 3,140 3,640 4,082 4,396 5,495 6,280 7,280 8,164 8,792 10,205 10,990 12,560 14,287 16,328 17,584 20,410 21,980 28,574 32,656 40,820 43,960 57,148 71,435 81,640 87,920 114,296 142,870 163,280 228,592 285,740 571,480 and 1,142,960, with no remainder.

Since 1,142,960 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,142,960, 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).