Q: Is 1,214,760 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,214,760 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 1,214,760 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 40 53 60 106 120 159 191 212 265 318 382 424 530 573 636 764 795 955 1,060 1,146 1,272 1,528 1,590 1,910 2,120 2,292 2,865 3,180 3,820 4,584 5,730 6,360 7,640 10,123 11,460 20,246 22,920 30,369 40,492 50,615 60,738 80,984 101,230 121,476 151,845 202,460 242,952 303,690 404,920 607,380 and 1,214,760, with no remainder.

Since 1,214,760 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,214,760, 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).