Q: Is 1,172,880 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,172,880 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 1,172,880 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 16 18 20 24 27 30 36 40 45 48 54 60 72 80 81 90 108 120 135 144 162 180 181 216 240 270 324 360 362 405 432 540 543 648 720 724 810 905 1,080 1,086 1,296 1,448 1,620 1,629 1,810 2,160 2,172 2,715 2,896 3,240 3,258 3,620 4,344 4,887 5,430 6,480 6,516 7,240 8,145 8,688 9,774 10,860 13,032 14,480 14,661 16,290 19,548 21,720 24,435 26,064 29,322 32,580 39,096 43,440 48,870 58,644 65,160 73,305 78,192 97,740 117,288 130,320 146,610 195,480 234,576 293,220 390,960 586,440 and 1,172,880, with no remainder.

Since 1,172,880 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,172,880, 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).