Q: Is 1,772,148 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,772,148 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 1,772,148 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 12 14 17 21 28 34 42 51 68 73 84 102 119 146 204 219 238 289 292 357 438 476 511 578 714 867 876 1,022 1,156 1,241 1,428 1,533 1,734 2,023 2,044 2,482 3,066 3,468 3,723 4,046 4,964 6,069 6,132 7,446 8,092 8,687 12,138 14,892 17,374 21,097 24,276 26,061 34,748 42,194 52,122 63,291 84,388 104,244 126,582 147,679 253,164 295,358 443,037 590,716 886,074 and 1,772,148, with no remainder.

Since 1,772,148 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,772,148, 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).