Q: Is 1,239,140 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,239,140 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 1,239,140 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 10 14 20 28 35 53 70 106 140 167 212 265 334 371 530 668 742 835 1,060 1,169 1,484 1,670 1,855 2,338 3,340 3,710 4,676 5,845 7,420 8,851 11,690 17,702 23,380 35,404 44,255 61,957 88,510 123,914 177,020 247,828 309,785 619,570 and 1,239,140, with no remainder.

Since 1,239,140 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,239,140, 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).