Q: Is 1,293,960 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,293,960 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 1,293,960 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 40 41 60 82 120 123 164 205 246 263 328 410 492 526 615 789 820 984 1,052 1,230 1,315 1,578 1,640 2,104 2,460 2,630 3,156 3,945 4,920 5,260 6,312 7,890 10,520 10,783 15,780 21,566 31,560 32,349 43,132 53,915 64,698 86,264 107,830 129,396 161,745 215,660 258,792 323,490 431,320 646,980 and 1,293,960, with no remainder.

Since 1,293,960 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,293,960, 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).