Q: Is 1,887,732 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,887,732 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 1,887,732 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 11 12 14 18 21 22 27 28 33 36 42 44 54 63 66 77 84 99 108 126 132 154 189 198 227 231 252 297 308 378 396 454 462 594 681 693 756 908 924 1,188 1,362 1,386 1,589 2,043 2,079 2,497 2,724 2,772 3,178 4,086 4,158 4,767 4,994 6,129 6,356 7,491 8,172 8,316 9,534 9,988 12,258 14,301 14,982 17,479 19,068 22,473 24,516 28,602 29,964 34,958 42,903 44,946 52,437 57,204 67,419 69,916 85,806 89,892 104,874 134,838 157,311 171,612 209,748 269,676 314,622 471,933 629,244 943,866 and 1,887,732, with no remainder.

Since 1,887,732 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,887,732, 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).