Q: Is 1,880,472 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,880,472 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 1,880,472 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 17 22 24 33 34 44 51 66 68 88 102 132 136 187 204 264 374 408 419 561 748 838 1,122 1,257 1,496 1,676 2,244 2,514 3,352 4,488 4,609 5,028 7,123 9,218 10,056 13,827 14,246 18,436 21,369 27,654 28,492 36,872 42,738 55,308 56,984 78,353 85,476 110,616 156,706 170,952 235,059 313,412 470,118 626,824 940,236 and 1,880,472, with no remainder.

Since 1,880,472 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,880,472, 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).