Q: Is 1,772,784 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,772,784 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 1,772,784 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 16 18 24 26 36 39 48 52 72 78 104 117 144 156 208 234 312 468 624 936 947 1,872 1,894 2,841 3,788 5,682 7,576 8,523 11,364 12,311 15,152 17,046 22,728 24,622 34,092 36,933 45,456 49,244 68,184 73,866 98,488 110,799 136,368 147,732 196,976 221,598 295,464 443,196 590,928 886,392 and 1,772,784, with no remainder.

Since 1,772,784 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,772,784, 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).