Q: Is 1,268,960 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,268,960 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 1,268,960 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 11 14 16 20 22 28 32 35 40 44 55 56 70 77 80 88 103 110 112 140 154 160 176 206 220 224 280 308 352 385 412 440 515 560 616 721 770 824 880 1,030 1,120 1,133 1,232 1,442 1,540 1,648 1,760 2,060 2,266 2,464 2,884 3,080 3,296 3,605 4,120 4,532 5,665 5,768 6,160 7,210 7,931 8,240 9,064 11,330 11,536 12,320 14,420 15,862 16,480 18,128 22,660 23,072 28,840 31,724 36,256 39,655 45,320 57,680 63,448 79,310 90,640 115,360 126,896 158,620 181,280 253,792 317,240 634,480 and 1,268,960, with no remainder.

Since 1,268,960 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,268,960, 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).