Q: Is 1,888,272 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,888,272 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 1,888,272 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 31 36 47 48 54 62 72 81 93 94 108 124 141 144 162 186 188 216 248 279 282 324 372 376 423 432 496 558 564 648 744 752 837 846 1,116 1,128 1,269 1,296 1,457 1,488 1,674 1,692 2,232 2,256 2,511 2,538 2,914 3,348 3,384 3,807 4,371 4,464 5,022 5,076 5,828 6,696 6,768 7,614 8,742 10,044 10,152 11,656 13,113 13,392 15,228 17,484 20,088 20,304 23,312 26,226 30,456 34,968 39,339 40,176 52,452 60,912 69,936 78,678 104,904 118,017 157,356 209,808 236,034 314,712 472,068 629,424 944,136 and 1,888,272, with no remainder.

Since 1,888,272 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,888,272, 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).