Q: Is 1,804,992 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,804,992 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 1,804,992 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 17 21 24 28 32 34 42 48 51 56 64 68 79 84 96 102 112 119 136 158 168 192 204 224 237 238 272 316 336 357 408 448 474 476 544 553 632 672 714 816 948 952 1,088 1,106 1,264 1,343 1,344 1,428 1,632 1,659 1,896 1,904 2,212 2,528 2,686 2,856 3,264 3,318 3,792 3,808 4,029 4,424 5,056 5,372 5,712 6,636 7,584 7,616 8,058 8,848 9,401 10,744 11,424 13,272 15,168 16,116 17,696 18,802 21,488 22,848 26,544 28,203 32,232 35,392 37,604 42,976 53,088 56,406 64,464 75,208 85,952 106,176 112,812 128,928 150,416 225,624 257,856 300,832 451,248 601,664 902,496 and 1,804,992, with no remainder.

Since 1,804,992 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,804,992, 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).