Q: Is 1,768,824 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,768,824 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 1,768,824 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 19 24 27 36 38 54 57 72 76 108 114 152 171 216 228 342 431 456 513 684 862 1,026 1,293 1,368 1,724 2,052 2,586 3,448 3,879 4,104 5,172 7,758 8,189 10,344 11,637 15,516 16,378 23,274 24,567 31,032 32,756 46,548 49,134 65,512 73,701 93,096 98,268 147,402 196,536 221,103 294,804 442,206 589,608 884,412 and 1,768,824, with no remainder.

Since 1,768,824 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,768,824, 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).