Q: Is 1,236,620 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,236,620 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 1,236,620 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 10 11 14 20 22 28 35 44 55 70 73 77 110 121 140 146 154 220 242 292 308 365 385 484 511 605 730 770 803 847 1,022 1,210 1,460 1,540 1,606 1,694 2,044 2,420 2,555 3,212 3,388 4,015 4,235 5,110 5,621 8,030 8,470 8,833 10,220 11,242 16,060 16,940 17,666 22,484 28,105 35,332 44,165 56,210 61,831 88,330 112,420 123,662 176,660 247,324 309,155 618,310 and 1,236,620, with no remainder.

Since 1,236,620 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,236,620, 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).