Q: Is 1,177,770 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,177,770 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 1,177,770 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 10 11 15 22 30 33 43 55 66 83 86 110 129 165 166 215 249 258 330 415 430 473 498 645 830 913 946 1,245 1,290 1,419 1,826 2,365 2,490 2,739 2,838 3,569 4,565 4,730 5,478 7,095 7,138 9,130 10,707 13,695 14,190 17,845 21,414 27,390 35,690 39,259 53,535 78,518 107,070 117,777 196,295 235,554 392,590 588,885 and 1,177,770, with no remainder.

Since 1,177,770 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,177,770, 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).