Q: Is 1,282,120 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,282,120 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 1,282,120 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 14 19 20 28 35 38 40 56 70 76 95 133 140 152 190 241 266 280 380 482 532 665 760 964 1,064 1,205 1,330 1,687 1,928 2,410 2,660 3,374 4,579 4,820 5,320 6,748 8,435 9,158 9,640 13,496 16,870 18,316 22,895 32,053 33,740 36,632 45,790 64,106 67,480 91,580 128,212 160,265 183,160 256,424 320,530 641,060 and 1,282,120, with no remainder.

Since 1,282,120 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,282,120, 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).