Q: Is 1,794,672 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,794,672 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 1,794,672 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 16 18 22 24 33 36 44 48 66 72 88 99 103 121 132 144 176 198 206 242 264 309 363 396 412 484 528 618 726 792 824 927 968 1,089 1,133 1,236 1,452 1,584 1,648 1,854 1,936 2,178 2,266 2,472 2,904 3,399 3,708 4,356 4,532 4,944 5,808 6,798 7,416 8,712 9,064 10,197 12,463 13,596 14,832 17,424 18,128 20,394 24,926 27,192 37,389 40,788 49,852 54,384 74,778 81,576 99,704 112,167 149,556 163,152 199,408 224,334 299,112 448,668 598,224 897,336 and 1,794,672, with no remainder.

Since 1,794,672 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,794,672, 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).