Q: Is 1,476,738 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,476,738 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 1,476,738 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 23 27 29 41 46 54 58 69 82 87 123 138 174 207 246 261 369 414 522 621 667 738 783 943 1,107 1,189 1,242 1,334 1,566 1,886 2,001 2,214 2,378 2,829 3,567 4,002 5,658 6,003 7,134 8,487 10,701 12,006 16,974 18,009 21,402 25,461 27,347 32,103 36,018 50,922 54,694 64,206 82,041 164,082 246,123 492,246 738,369 and 1,476,738, with no remainder.

Since 1,476,738 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,476,738, 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).