Q: Is 1,837,728 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,837,728 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 1,837,728 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 32 36 48 54 72 81 96 108 144 162 216 288 324 432 648 709 864 1,296 1,418 2,127 2,592 2,836 4,254 5,672 6,381 8,508 11,344 12,762 17,016 19,143 22,688 25,524 34,032 38,286 51,048 57,429 68,064 76,572 102,096 114,858 153,144 204,192 229,716 306,288 459,432 612,576 918,864 and 1,837,728, with no remainder.

Since 1,837,728 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,837,728, 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).