Q: Is 1,162,260 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,162,260 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 1,162,260 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 11 12 15 18 20 22 30 33 36 44 45 55 60 66 90 99 110 132 165 180 198 220 330 396 495 587 660 990 1,174 1,761 1,980 2,348 2,935 3,522 5,283 5,870 6,457 7,044 8,805 10,566 11,740 12,914 17,610 19,371 21,132 25,828 26,415 32,285 35,220 38,742 52,830 58,113 64,570 77,484 96,855 105,660 116,226 129,140 193,710 232,452 290,565 387,420 581,130 and 1,162,260, with no remainder.

Since 1,162,260 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,162,260, 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).