Q: Is 1,487,772 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,487,772 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 1,487,772 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 11 12 13 17 18 22 26 33 34 36 39 44 51 52 66 68 78 99 102 117 132 143 153 156 187 198 204 221 234 286 289 306 374 396 429 442 468 561 572 578 612 663 748 858 867 884 1,122 1,156 1,287 1,326 1,683 1,716 1,734 1,989 2,244 2,431 2,574 2,601 2,652 3,179 3,366 3,468 3,757 3,978 4,862 5,148 5,202 6,358 6,732 7,293 7,514 7,956 9,537 9,724 10,404 11,271 12,716 14,586 15,028 19,074 21,879 22,542 28,611 29,172 33,813 38,148 41,327 43,758 45,084 57,222 67,626 82,654 87,516 114,444 123,981 135,252 165,308 247,962 371,943 495,924 743,886 and 1,487,772, with no remainder.

Since 1,487,772 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,487,772, 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).