Q: Is 1,198,560 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,198,560 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 1,198,560 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 11 12 15 16 20 22 24 30 32 33 40 44 48 55 60 66 80 88 96 110 120 132 160 165 176 220 227 240 264 330 352 440 454 480 528 660 681 880 908 1,056 1,135 1,320 1,362 1,760 1,816 2,270 2,497 2,640 2,724 3,405 3,632 4,540 4,994 5,280 5,448 6,810 7,264 7,491 9,080 9,988 10,896 12,485 13,620 14,982 18,160 19,976 21,792 24,970 27,240 29,964 36,320 37,455 39,952 49,940 54,480 59,928 74,910 79,904 99,880 108,960 119,856 149,820 199,760 239,712 299,640 399,520 599,280 and 1,198,560, with no remainder.

Since 1,198,560 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,198,560, 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).