Q: Is 1,252,680 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,252,680 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 1,252,680 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 11 12 13 15 20 22 24 26 30 33 39 40 44 52 55 60 65 66 73 78 88 104 110 120 130 132 143 146 156 165 195 219 220 260 264 286 292 312 330 365 390 429 438 440 520 572 584 660 715 730 780 803 858 876 949 1,095 1,144 1,320 1,430 1,460 1,560 1,606 1,716 1,752 1,898 2,145 2,190 2,409 2,847 2,860 2,920 3,212 3,432 3,796 4,015 4,290 4,380 4,745 4,818 5,694 5,720 6,424 7,592 8,030 8,580 8,760 9,490 9,636 10,439 11,388 12,045 14,235 16,060 17,160 18,980 19,272 20,878 22,776 24,090 28,470 31,317 32,120 37,960 41,756 48,180 52,195 56,940 62,634 83,512 96,360 104,390 113,880 125,268 156,585 208,780 250,536 313,170 417,560 626,340 and 1,252,680, with no remainder.

Since 1,252,680 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,252,680, 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).