Q: Is 1,772,460 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,772,460 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 1,772,460 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 15 18 20 30 36 43 45 60 86 90 129 172 180 215 229 258 387 430 458 516 645 687 774 860 916 1,145 1,290 1,374 1,548 1,935 2,061 2,290 2,580 2,748 3,435 3,870 4,122 4,580 6,870 7,740 8,244 9,847 10,305 13,740 19,694 20,610 29,541 39,388 41,220 49,235 59,082 88,623 98,470 118,164 147,705 177,246 196,940 295,410 354,492 443,115 590,820 886,230 and 1,772,460, with no remainder.

Since 1,772,460 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,772,460, 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).