Q: Is 1,250,040 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,250,040 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 1,250,040 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 11 12 15 20 22 24 30 33 40 44 55 60 66 88 110 120 132 165 220 264 330 440 660 947 1,320 1,894 2,841 3,788 4,735 5,682 7,576 9,470 10,417 11,364 14,205 18,940 20,834 22,728 28,410 31,251 37,880 41,668 52,085 56,820 62,502 83,336 104,170 113,640 125,004 156,255 208,340 250,008 312,510 416,680 625,020 and 1,250,040, with no remainder.

Since 1,250,040 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,250,040, 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).