Q: Is 1,178,760 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,178,760 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 1,178,760 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 11 12 15 19 20 22 24 30 33 38 40 44 47 55 57 60 66 76 88 94 95 110 114 120 132 141 152 165 188 190 209 220 228 235 264 282 285 330 376 380 418 440 456 470 517 564 570 627 660 705 760 836 893 940 1,034 1,045 1,128 1,140 1,254 1,320 1,410 1,551 1,672 1,786 1,880 2,068 2,090 2,280 2,508 2,585 2,679 2,820 3,102 3,135 3,572 4,136 4,180 4,465 5,016 5,170 5,358 5,640 6,204 6,270 7,144 7,755 8,360 8,930 9,823 10,340 10,716 12,408 12,540 13,395 15,510 17,860 19,646 20,680 21,432 25,080 26,790 29,469 31,020 35,720 39,292 49,115 53,580 58,938 62,040 78,584 98,230 107,160 117,876 147,345 196,460 235,752 294,690 392,920 589,380 and 1,178,760, with no remainder.

Since 1,178,760 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,178,760, 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).