Q: Is 1,799,028 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,799,028 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 1,799,028 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 11 12 14 18 21 22 28 33 36 42 44 59 63 66 77 84 99 118 121 126 132 154 177 198 231 236 242 252 308 354 363 396 413 462 484 531 649 693 708 726 826 847 924 1,062 1,089 1,239 1,298 1,386 1,452 1,652 1,694 1,947 2,124 2,178 2,478 2,541 2,596 2,772 3,388 3,717 3,894 4,356 4,543 4,956 5,082 5,841 7,139 7,434 7,623 7,788 9,086 10,164 11,682 13,629 14,278 14,868 15,246 18,172 21,417 23,364 27,258 28,556 30,492 40,887 42,834 49,973 54,516 64,251 81,774 85,668 99,946 128,502 149,919 163,548 199,892 257,004 299,838 449,757 599,676 899,514 and 1,799,028, with no remainder.

Since 1,799,028 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,799,028, 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).