Q: Is 1,176,760 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,176,760 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 1,176,760 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 13 20 26 31 40 52 62 65 73 104 124 130 146 155 248 260 292 310 365 403 520 584 620 730 806 949 1,240 1,460 1,612 1,898 2,015 2,263 2,920 3,224 3,796 4,030 4,526 4,745 7,592 8,060 9,052 9,490 11,315 16,120 18,104 18,980 22,630 29,419 37,960 45,260 58,838 90,520 117,676 147,095 235,352 294,190 588,380 and 1,176,760, with no remainder.

Since 1,176,760 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,176,760, 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).