Q: Is 1,180,608 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,180,608 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 1,180,608 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 13 16 22 24 26 32 33 39 43 44 48 52 64 66 78 86 88 96 104 129 132 143 156 172 176 192 208 258 264 286 312 344 352 416 429 473 516 528 559 572 624 688 704 832 858 946 1,032 1,056 1,118 1,144 1,248 1,376 1,419 1,677 1,716 1,892 2,064 2,112 2,236 2,288 2,496 2,752 2,838 3,354 3,432 3,784 4,128 4,472 4,576 5,676 6,149 6,708 6,864 7,568 8,256 8,944 9,152 11,352 12,298 13,416 13,728 15,136 17,888 18,447 22,704 24,596 26,832 27,456 30,272 35,776 36,894 45,408 49,192 53,664 73,788 90,816 98,384 107,328 147,576 196,768 295,152 393,536 590,304 and 1,180,608, with no remainder.

Since 1,180,608 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,180,608, 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).