Q: Is 1,847,340 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,847,340 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 1,847,340 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 11 12 15 18 20 22 27 30 33 36 44 45 54 55 60 66 90 99 108 110 132 135 165 180 198 220 270 297 311 330 396 495 540 594 622 660 933 990 1,188 1,244 1,485 1,555 1,866 1,980 2,799 2,970 3,110 3,421 3,732 4,665 5,598 5,940 6,220 6,842 8,397 9,330 10,263 11,196 13,684 13,995 16,794 17,105 18,660 20,526 27,990 30,789 33,588 34,210 41,052 41,985 51,315 55,980 61,578 68,420 83,970 92,367 102,630 123,156 153,945 167,940 184,734 205,260 307,890 369,468 461,835 615,780 923,670 and 1,847,340, with no remainder.

Since 1,847,340 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,847,340, 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).