Q: Is 1,331,760 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,331,760 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 1,331,760 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 31 40 48 60 62 80 93 120 124 155 179 186 240 248 310 358 372 465 496 537 620 716 744 895 930 1,074 1,240 1,432 1,488 1,790 1,860 2,148 2,480 2,685 2,864 3,580 3,720 4,296 5,370 5,549 7,160 7,440 8,592 10,740 11,098 14,320 16,647 21,480 22,196 27,745 33,294 42,960 44,392 55,490 66,588 83,235 88,784 110,980 133,176 166,470 221,960 266,352 332,940 443,920 665,880 and 1,331,760, with no remainder.

Since 1,331,760 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,331,760, 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).