Q: Is 1,276,550 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,276,550 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 1,276,550 can be evenly divided by 1 2 5 10 11 22 25 50 55 110 121 211 242 275 422 550 605 1,055 1,210 2,110 2,321 3,025 4,642 5,275 6,050 10,550 11,605 23,210 25,531 51,062 58,025 116,050 127,655 255,310 638,275 and 1,276,550, with no remainder.

Since 1,276,550 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,276,550, 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).