Q: Is 1,889,448 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,889,448 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 1,889,448 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 17 22 24 33 34 44 51 66 68 88 102 132 136 187 204 264 374 408 421 561 748 842 1,122 1,263 1,496 1,684 2,244 2,526 3,368 4,488 4,631 5,052 7,157 9,262 10,104 13,893 14,314 18,524 21,471 27,786 28,628 37,048 42,942 55,572 57,256 78,727 85,884 111,144 157,454 171,768 236,181 314,908 472,362 629,816 944,724 and 1,889,448, with no remainder.

Since 1,889,448 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,889,448, 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).