Q: Is 1,958,748 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,958,748 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 1,958,748 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 11 12 19 22 33 38 44 57 66 71 76 114 121 132 142 209 213 228 242 284 363 418 426 484 627 726 781 836 852 1,254 1,349 1,452 1,562 2,299 2,343 2,508 2,698 3,124 4,047 4,598 4,686 5,396 6,897 8,094 8,591 9,196 9,372 13,794 14,839 16,188 17,182 25,773 27,588 29,678 34,364 44,517 51,546 59,356 89,034 103,092 163,229 178,068 326,458 489,687 652,916 979,374 and 1,958,748, with no remainder.

Since 1,958,748 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,958,748, 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).