Q: Is 1,769,232 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,769,232 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 1,769,232 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 29 31 41 48 58 62 82 87 93 116 123 124 164 174 186 232 246 248 328 348 372 464 492 496 656 696 744 899 984 1,189 1,271 1,392 1,488 1,798 1,968 2,378 2,542 2,697 3,567 3,596 3,813 4,756 5,084 5,394 7,134 7,192 7,626 9,512 10,168 10,788 14,268 14,384 15,252 19,024 20,336 21,576 28,536 30,504 36,859 43,152 57,072 61,008 73,718 110,577 147,436 221,154 294,872 442,308 589,744 884,616 and 1,769,232, with no remainder.

Since 1,769,232 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,769,232, 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).