Q: Is 1,214,520 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,214,520 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 1,214,520 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 29 30 40 58 60 87 116 120 145 174 232 290 348 349 435 580 696 698 870 1,047 1,160 1,396 1,740 1,745 2,094 2,792 3,480 3,490 4,188 5,235 6,980 8,376 10,121 10,470 13,960 20,242 20,940 30,363 40,484 41,880 50,605 60,726 80,968 101,210 121,452 151,815 202,420 242,904 303,630 404,840 607,260 and 1,214,520, with no remainder.

Since 1,214,520 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,214,520, 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).