Q: Is 1,202,740 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,202,740 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 1,202,740 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 10 11 14 20 22 28 35 44 55 70 71 77 110 121 140 142 154 220 242 284 308 355 385 484 497 605 710 770 781 847 994 1,210 1,420 1,540 1,562 1,694 1,988 2,420 2,485 3,124 3,388 3,905 4,235 4,970 5,467 7,810 8,470 8,591 9,940 10,934 15,620 16,940 17,182 21,868 27,335 34,364 42,955 54,670 60,137 85,910 109,340 120,274 171,820 240,548 300,685 601,370 and 1,202,740, with no remainder.

Since 1,202,740 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,202,740, 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).