Q: Is 1,875,528 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,875,528 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 1,875,528 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 19 24 27 36 38 54 57 72 76 108 114 152 171 216 228 342 456 457 513 684 914 1,026 1,368 1,371 1,828 2,052 2,742 3,656 4,104 4,113 5,484 8,226 8,683 10,968 12,339 16,452 17,366 24,678 26,049 32,904 34,732 49,356 52,098 69,464 78,147 98,712 104,196 156,294 208,392 234,441 312,588 468,882 625,176 937,764 and 1,875,528, with no remainder.

Since 1,875,528 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,875,528, 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).