Q: Is 1,804,572 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,804,572 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 1,804,572 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 11 12 14 18 21 22 27 28 31 33 36 42 44 49 54 62 63 66 77 84 93 98 99 108 124 126 132 147 154 186 189 196 198 217 231 252 279 294 297 308 341 372 378 396 434 441 462 539 558 588 594 651 682 693 756 837 868 882 924 1,023 1,078 1,116 1,188 1,302 1,323 1,364 1,386 1,519 1,617 1,674 1,764 1,953 2,046 2,079 2,156 2,387 2,604 2,646 2,772 3,038 3,069 3,234 3,348 3,906 4,092 4,158 4,557 4,774 4,851 5,292 5,859 6,076 6,138 6,468 7,161 7,812 8,316 9,114 9,207 9,548 9,702 11,718 12,276 13,671 14,322 14,553 16,709 18,228 18,414 19,404 21,483 23,436 27,342 28,644 29,106 33,418 36,828 41,013 42,966 50,127 54,684 58,212 64,449 66,836 82,026 85,932 100,254 128,898 150,381 164,052 200,508 257,796 300,762 451,143 601,524 902,286 and 1,804,572, with no remainder.

Since 1,804,572 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,804,572, 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).