Q: Is 1,843,452 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,843,452 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 1,843,452 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 13 18 26 27 36 39 52 54 78 101 108 117 156 169 202 234 303 338 351 404 468 507 606 676 702 909 1,014 1,212 1,313 1,404 1,521 1,818 2,028 2,626 2,727 3,042 3,636 3,939 4,563 5,252 5,454 6,084 7,878 9,126 10,908 11,817 15,756 17,069 18,252 23,634 34,138 35,451 47,268 51,207 68,276 70,902 102,414 141,804 153,621 204,828 307,242 460,863 614,484 921,726 and 1,843,452, with no remainder.

Since 1,843,452 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,843,452, 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).