Q: Is 1,873,248 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,873,248 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 1,873,248 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 16 19 24 26 32 38 39 48 52 57 76 78 79 96 104 114 152 156 158 208 228 237 247 304 312 316 416 456 474 494 608 624 632 741 912 948 988 1,027 1,248 1,264 1,482 1,501 1,824 1,896 1,976 2,054 2,528 2,964 3,002 3,081 3,792 3,952 4,108 4,503 5,928 6,004 6,162 7,584 7,904 8,216 9,006 11,856 12,008 12,324 16,432 18,012 19,513 23,712 24,016 24,648 32,864 36,024 39,026 48,032 49,296 58,539 72,048 78,052 98,592 117,078 144,096 156,104 234,156 312,208 468,312 624,416 936,624 and 1,873,248, with no remainder.

Since 1,873,248 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,873,248, 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).