Q: Is 1,896,741 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,896,741 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 1,896,741 can be evenly divided by 1 3 7 9 11 17 21 23 33 49 51 63 69 77 99 119 147 153 161 187 207 231 253 357 391 441 483 539 561 693 759 833 1,071 1,127 1,173 1,309 1,449 1,617 1,683 1,771 2,277 2,499 2,737 3,381 3,519 3,927 4,301 4,851 5,313 7,497 8,211 9,163 10,143 11,781 12,397 12,903 15,939 19,159 24,633 27,489 30,107 37,191 38,709 57,477 82,467 90,321 111,573 172,431 210,749 270,963 632,247 and 1,896,741, with no remainder.

Since 1,896,741 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,896,741, 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).