Q: Is 1,963,962 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,963,962 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 1,963,962 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 11 13 14 18 21 22 26 33 39 42 63 66 77 78 91 99 109 117 126 143 154 182 198 218 231 234 273 286 327 429 462 546 654 693 763 819 858 981 1,001 1,199 1,287 1,386 1,417 1,526 1,638 1,962 2,002 2,289 2,398 2,574 2,834 3,003 3,597 4,251 4,578 6,006 6,867 7,194 8,393 8,502 9,009 9,919 10,791 12,753 13,734 15,587 16,786 18,018 19,838 21,582 25,179 25,506 29,757 31,174 46,761 50,358 59,514 75,537 89,271 93,522 109,109 140,283 151,074 178,542 218,218 280,566 327,327 654,654 981,981 and 1,963,962, with no remainder.

Since 1,963,962 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,963,962, 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).