Q: Is 1,156,800 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,156,800 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 1,156,800 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 25 30 32 40 48 50 60 64 75 80 96 100 120 150 160 192 200 240 241 300 320 400 480 482 600 723 800 960 964 1,200 1,205 1,446 1,600 1,928 2,400 2,410 2,892 3,615 3,856 4,800 4,820 5,784 6,025 7,230 7,712 9,640 11,568 12,050 14,460 15,424 18,075 19,280 23,136 24,100 28,920 36,150 38,560 46,272 48,200 57,840 72,300 77,120 96,400 115,680 144,600 192,800 231,360 289,200 385,600 578,400 and 1,156,800, with no remainder.

Since 1,156,800 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,156,800, 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).