Q: Is 1,301,520 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,301,520 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 1,301,520 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 11 12 15 16 17 20 22 24 29 30 33 34 40 44 48 51 55 58 60 66 68 80 85 87 88 102 110 116 120 132 136 145 165 170 174 176 187 204 220 232 240 255 264 272 290 319 330 340 348 374 408 435 440 464 493 510 528 561 580 638 660 680 696 748 816 870 880 935 957 986 1,020 1,122 1,160 1,276 1,320 1,360 1,392 1,479 1,496 1,595 1,740 1,870 1,914 1,972 2,040 2,244 2,320 2,465 2,552 2,640 2,805 2,958 2,992 3,190 3,480 3,740 3,828 3,944 4,080 4,488 4,785 4,930 5,104 5,423 5,610 5,916 6,380 6,960 7,395 7,480 7,656 7,888 8,976 9,570 9,860 10,846 11,220 11,832 12,760 14,790 14,960 15,312 16,269 19,140 19,720 21,692 22,440 23,664 25,520 27,115 29,580 32,538 38,280 39,440 43,384 44,880 54,230 59,160 65,076 76,560 81,345 86,768 108,460 118,320 130,152 162,690 216,920 260,304 325,380 433,840 650,760 and 1,301,520, with no remainder.

Since 1,301,520 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,301,520, 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).