Q: Is 1,866,672 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,866,672 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 1,866,672 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 29 36 48 54 58 72 87 108 116 144 149 174 216 232 261 298 348 432 447 464 522 596 696 783 894 1,044 1,192 1,341 1,392 1,566 1,788 2,088 2,384 2,682 3,132 3,576 4,023 4,176 4,321 5,364 6,264 7,152 8,046 8,642 10,728 12,528 12,963 16,092 17,284 21,456 25,926 32,184 34,568 38,889 51,852 64,368 69,136 77,778 103,704 116,667 155,556 207,408 233,334 311,112 466,668 622,224 933,336 and 1,866,672, with no remainder.

Since 1,866,672 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,866,672, 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).