Q: Is 1,167,040 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,167,040 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 1,167,040 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 14 16 20 28 32 35 40 56 64 70 80 112 140 160 224 280 320 448 521 560 1,042 1,120 2,084 2,240 2,605 3,647 4,168 5,210 7,294 8,336 10,420 14,588 16,672 18,235 20,840 29,176 33,344 36,470 41,680 58,352 72,940 83,360 116,704 145,880 166,720 233,408 291,760 583,520 and 1,167,040, with no remainder.

Since 1,167,040 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,167,040, 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).