Q: Is 1,779,492 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,779,492 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 1,779,492 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 11 12 13 17 22 26 33 34 39 44 51 52 61 66 68 78 102 122 132 143 156 183 187 204 221 244 286 366 374 429 442 561 572 663 671 732 748 793 858 884 1,037 1,122 1,326 1,342 1,586 1,716 2,013 2,074 2,244 2,379 2,431 2,652 2,684 3,111 3,172 4,026 4,148 4,758 4,862 6,222 7,293 8,052 8,723 9,516 9,724 11,407 12,444 13,481 14,586 17,446 22,814 26,169 26,962 29,172 34,221 34,892 40,443 45,628 52,338 53,924 68,442 80,886 104,676 136,884 148,291 161,772 296,582 444,873 593,164 889,746 and 1,779,492, with no remainder.

Since 1,779,492 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,779,492, 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).