Q: Is 1,769,328 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,769,328 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 1,769,328 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 16 18 22 24 33 36 44 48 66 72 88 99 132 144 176 198 264 396 528 792 1,117 1,584 2,234 3,351 4,468 6,702 8,936 10,053 12,287 13,404 17,872 20,106 24,574 26,808 36,861 40,212 49,148 53,616 73,722 80,424 98,296 110,583 147,444 160,848 196,592 221,166 294,888 442,332 589,776 884,664 and 1,769,328, with no remainder.

Since 1,769,328 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,769,328, 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).