Q: Is 1,268,520 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,268,520 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 1,268,520 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 11 12 15 20 22 24 30 31 33 40 44 55 60 62 66 88 93 110 120 124 132 155 165 186 220 248 264 310 330 341 372 440 465 620 660 682 744 930 961 1,023 1,240 1,320 1,364 1,705 1,860 1,922 2,046 2,728 2,883 3,410 3,720 3,844 4,092 4,805 5,115 5,766 6,820 7,688 8,184 9,610 10,230 10,571 11,532 13,640 14,415 19,220 20,460 21,142 23,064 28,830 31,713 38,440 40,920 42,284 52,855 57,660 63,426 84,568 105,710 115,320 126,852 158,565 211,420 253,704 317,130 422,840 634,260 and 1,268,520, with no remainder.

Since 1,268,520 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,268,520, 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).