Q: Is 1,151,920 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,151,920 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 1,151,920 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 11 14 16 17 20 22 28 34 35 40 44 55 56 68 70 77 80 85 88 110 112 119 121 136 140 154 170 176 187 220 238 242 272 280 308 340 374 385 440 476 484 560 595 605 616 680 748 770 847 880 935 952 968 1,190 1,210 1,232 1,309 1,360 1,496 1,540 1,694 1,870 1,904 1,936 2,057 2,380 2,420 2,618 2,992 3,080 3,388 3,740 4,114 4,235 4,760 4,840 5,236 6,160 6,545 6,776 7,480 8,228 8,470 9,520 9,680 10,285 10,472 13,090 13,552 14,399 14,960 16,456 16,940 20,570 20,944 26,180 28,798 32,912 33,880 41,140 52,360 57,596 67,760 71,995 82,280 104,720 115,192 143,990 164,560 230,384 287,980 575,960 and 1,151,920, with no remainder.

Since 1,151,920 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,151,920, 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).