Q: Is 1,675,212 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,675,212 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 1,675,212 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 11 12 14 21 22 28 33 37 42 44 49 66 74 77 84 98 111 132 147 148 154 196 222 231 259 294 308 343 407 444 462 518 539 588 686 777 814 924 1,029 1,036 1,078 1,221 1,372 1,554 1,617 1,628 1,813 2,058 2,156 2,442 2,849 3,108 3,234 3,626 3,773 4,116 4,884 5,439 5,698 6,468 7,252 7,546 8,547 10,878 11,319 11,396 12,691 15,092 17,094 19,943 21,756 22,638 25,382 34,188 38,073 39,886 45,276 50,764 59,829 76,146 79,772 119,658 139,601 152,292 239,316 279,202 418,803 558,404 837,606 and 1,675,212, with no remainder.

Since 1,675,212 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,675,212, 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).