Q: Is 1,876,212 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,876,212 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 1,876,212 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 13 18 19 26 36 38 39 52 57 76 78 114 117 156 171 211 228 234 247 342 422 468 494 633 684 741 844 988 1,266 1,482 1,899 2,223 2,532 2,743 2,964 3,798 4,009 4,446 5,486 7,596 8,018 8,229 8,892 10,972 12,027 16,036 16,458 24,054 24,687 32,916 36,081 48,108 49,374 52,117 72,162 98,748 104,234 144,324 156,351 208,468 312,702 469,053 625,404 938,106 and 1,876,212, with no remainder.

Since 1,876,212 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,876,212, 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).