Q: Is 1,074,840 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,074,840 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 1,074,840 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 13 15 20 24 26 30 39 40 52 53 60 65 78 104 106 120 130 156 159 169 195 212 260 265 312 318 338 390 424 507 520 530 636 676 689 780 795 845 1,014 1,060 1,272 1,352 1,378 1,560 1,590 1,690 2,028 2,067 2,120 2,535 2,756 3,180 3,380 3,445 4,056 4,134 5,070 5,512 6,360 6,760 6,890 8,268 8,957 10,140 10,335 13,780 16,536 17,914 20,280 20,670 26,871 27,560 35,828 41,340 44,785 53,742 71,656 82,680 89,570 107,484 134,355 179,140 214,968 268,710 358,280 537,420 and 1,074,840, with no remainder.

Since 1,074,840 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,074,840, 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).