Q: Is 1,776,264 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,776,264 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 1,776,264 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 21 24 28 42 56 84 97 109 168 194 218 291 327 388 436 582 654 679 763 776 872 1,164 1,308 1,358 1,526 2,037 2,289 2,328 2,616 2,716 3,052 4,074 4,578 5,432 6,104 8,148 9,156 10,573 16,296 18,312 21,146 31,719 42,292 63,438 74,011 84,584 126,876 148,022 222,033 253,752 296,044 444,066 592,088 888,132 and 1,776,264, with no remainder.

Since 1,776,264 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,776,264, 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).