Q: Is 1,846,608 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,846,608 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 1,846,608 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 17 24 31 34 48 51 62 68 73 93 102 124 136 146 186 204 219 248 272 292 372 408 438 496 527 584 744 816 876 1,054 1,168 1,241 1,488 1,581 1,752 2,108 2,263 2,482 3,162 3,504 3,723 4,216 4,526 4,964 6,324 6,789 7,446 8,432 9,052 9,928 12,648 13,578 14,892 18,104 19,856 25,296 27,156 29,784 36,208 38,471 54,312 59,568 76,942 108,624 115,413 153,884 230,826 307,768 461,652 615,536 923,304 and 1,846,608, with no remainder.

Since 1,846,608 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,846,608, 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).