Q: Is 1,297,120 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,297,120 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 1,297,120 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 11 16 20 22 32 40 44 55 67 80 88 110 121 134 160 176 220 242 268 335 352 440 484 536 605 670 737 880 968 1,072 1,210 1,340 1,474 1,760 1,936 2,144 2,420 2,680 2,948 3,685 3,872 4,840 5,360 5,896 7,370 8,107 9,680 10,720 11,792 14,740 16,214 19,360 23,584 29,480 32,428 40,535 58,960 64,856 81,070 117,920 129,712 162,140 259,424 324,280 648,560 and 1,297,120, with no remainder.

Since 1,297,120 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,297,120, 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).