Q: Is 1,795,248 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,795,248 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 1,795,248 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 13 14 16 18 21 24 26 28 36 39 42 48 52 56 63 72 78 84 91 104 112 117 126 137 144 156 168 182 208 234 252 273 274 312 336 364 411 468 504 546 548 624 728 819 822 936 959 1,008 1,092 1,096 1,233 1,456 1,638 1,644 1,781 1,872 1,918 2,184 2,192 2,466 2,877 3,276 3,288 3,562 3,836 4,368 4,932 5,343 5,754 6,552 6,576 7,124 7,672 8,631 9,864 10,686 11,508 12,467 13,104 14,248 15,344 16,029 17,262 19,728 21,372 23,016 24,934 28,496 32,058 34,524 37,401 42,744 46,032 49,868 64,116 69,048 74,802 85,488 99,736 112,203 128,232 138,096 149,604 199,472 224,406 256,464 299,208 448,812 598,416 897,624 and 1,795,248, with no remainder.

Since 1,795,248 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,795,248, 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).