Q: Is 1,936,272 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,936,272 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 1,936,272 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 16 24 26 29 39 48 52 58 78 87 104 107 116 156 174 208 214 232 312 321 348 377 428 464 624 642 696 754 856 1,131 1,284 1,391 1,392 1,508 1,712 2,262 2,568 2,782 3,016 3,103 4,173 4,524 5,136 5,564 6,032 6,206 8,346 9,048 9,309 11,128 12,412 16,692 18,096 18,618 22,256 24,824 33,384 37,236 40,339 49,648 66,768 74,472 80,678 121,017 148,944 161,356 242,034 322,712 484,068 645,424 968,136 and 1,936,272, with no remainder.

Since 1,936,272 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,936,272, 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).