Q: Is 1,168,740 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,168,740 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 1,168,740 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 15 18 20 30 36 43 45 60 86 90 129 151 172 180 215 258 302 387 430 453 516 604 645 755 774 860 906 1,290 1,359 1,510 1,548 1,812 1,935 2,265 2,580 2,718 3,020 3,870 4,530 5,436 6,493 6,795 7,740 9,060 12,986 13,590 19,479 25,972 27,180 32,465 38,958 58,437 64,930 77,916 97,395 116,874 129,860 194,790 233,748 292,185 389,580 584,370 and 1,168,740, with no remainder.

Since 1,168,740 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,168,740, 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).