Q: Is 1,182,960 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,182,960 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 1,182,960 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 16 18 20 24 30 31 36 40 45 48 53 60 62 72 80 90 93 106 120 124 144 155 159 180 186 212 240 248 265 279 310 318 360 372 424 465 477 496 530 558 620 636 720 744 795 848 930 954 1,060 1,116 1,240 1,272 1,395 1,488 1,590 1,643 1,860 1,908 2,120 2,232 2,385 2,480 2,544 2,790 3,180 3,286 3,720 3,816 4,240 4,464 4,770 4,929 5,580 6,360 6,572 7,440 7,632 8,215 9,540 9,858 11,160 12,720 13,144 14,787 16,430 19,080 19,716 22,320 24,645 26,288 29,574 32,860 38,160 39,432 49,290 59,148 65,720 73,935 78,864 98,580 118,296 131,440 147,870 197,160 236,592 295,740 394,320 591,480 and 1,182,960, with no remainder.

Since 1,182,960 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,182,960, 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).