Q: Is 1,165,920 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,165,920 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 1,165,920 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 12 14 15 16 20 21 24 28 30 32 35 40 42 48 56 60 70 80 84 96 105 112 120 140 160 168 210 224 240 280 336 347 420 480 560 672 694 840 1,041 1,120 1,388 1,680 1,735 2,082 2,429 2,776 3,360 3,470 4,164 4,858 5,205 5,552 6,940 7,287 8,328 9,716 10,410 11,104 12,145 13,880 14,574 16,656 19,432 20,820 24,290 27,760 29,148 33,312 36,435 38,864 41,640 48,580 55,520 58,296 72,870 77,728 83,280 97,160 116,592 145,740 166,560 194,320 233,184 291,480 388,640 582,960 and 1,165,920, with no remainder.

Since 1,165,920 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,165,920, 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).