Q: Is 1,186,020 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,186,020 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 1,186,020 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 11 12 15 18 20 22 30 33 36 44 45 55 60 66 90 99 110 132 165 180 198 220 330 396 495 599 660 990 1,198 1,797 1,980 2,396 2,995 3,594 5,391 5,990 6,589 7,188 8,985 10,782 11,980 13,178 17,970 19,767 21,564 26,356 26,955 32,945 35,940 39,534 53,910 59,301 65,890 79,068 98,835 107,820 118,602 131,780 197,670 237,204 296,505 395,340 593,010 and 1,186,020, with no remainder.

Since 1,186,020 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,186,020, 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).