Q: Is 1,167,320 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,167,320 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 1,167,320 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 11 14 20 22 28 35 40 44 55 56 70 77 88 110 140 154 220 280 308 379 385 440 616 758 770 1,516 1,540 1,895 2,653 3,032 3,080 3,790 4,169 5,306 7,580 8,338 10,612 13,265 15,160 16,676 20,845 21,224 26,530 29,183 33,352 41,690 53,060 58,366 83,380 106,120 116,732 145,915 166,760 233,464 291,830 583,660 and 1,167,320, with no remainder.

Since 1,167,320 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,167,320, 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).