Q: Is 1,797,840 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,797,840 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 1,797,840 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 11 12 15 16 18 20 22 24 30 33 36 40 44 45 48 55 60 66 72 80 88 90 99 110 120 132 144 165 176 180 198 220 227 240 264 330 360 396 440 454 495 528 660 681 720 792 880 908 990 1,135 1,320 1,362 1,584 1,816 1,980 2,043 2,270 2,497 2,640 2,724 3,405 3,632 3,960 4,086 4,540 4,994 5,448 6,810 7,491 7,920 8,172 9,080 9,988 10,215 10,896 12,485 13,620 14,982 16,344 18,160 19,976 20,430 22,473 24,970 27,240 29,964 32,688 37,455 39,952 40,860 44,946 49,940 54,480 59,928 74,910 81,720 89,892 99,880 112,365 119,856 149,820 163,440 179,784 199,760 224,730 299,640 359,568 449,460 599,280 898,920 and 1,797,840, with no remainder.

Since 1,797,840 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,797,840, 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).