Q: Is 1,017,744 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,017,744 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 1,017,744 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 13 14 16 21 24 26 28 39 42 48 52 56 78 84 91 104 112 156 168 182 208 233 273 312 336 364 466 546 624 699 728 932 1,092 1,398 1,456 1,631 1,864 2,184 2,796 3,029 3,262 3,728 4,368 4,893 5,592 6,058 6,524 9,087 9,786 11,184 12,116 13,048 18,174 19,572 21,203 24,232 26,096 36,348 39,144 42,406 48,464 63,609 72,696 78,288 84,812 127,218 145,392 169,624 254,436 339,248 508,872 and 1,017,744, with no remainder.

Since 1,017,744 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,017,744, 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).