Q: Is 1,974,456 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,974,456 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 1,974,456 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 18 22 24 27 33 36 44 54 66 72 81 88 99 108 132 162 198 216 264 277 297 324 396 554 594 648 792 831 891 1,108 1,188 1,662 1,782 2,216 2,376 2,493 3,047 3,324 3,564 4,986 6,094 6,648 7,128 7,479 9,141 9,972 12,188 14,958 18,282 19,944 22,437 24,376 27,423 29,916 36,564 44,874 54,846 59,832 73,128 82,269 89,748 109,692 164,538 179,496 219,384 246,807 329,076 493,614 658,152 987,228 and 1,974,456, with no remainder.

Since 1,974,456 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,974,456, 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).