Q: Is 1,471,704 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,471,704 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 1,471,704 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 24 26 39 52 53 78 89 104 106 156 159 178 212 267 312 318 356 424 534 636 689 712 1,068 1,157 1,272 1,378 2,067 2,136 2,314 2,756 3,471 4,134 4,628 4,717 5,512 6,942 8,268 9,256 9,434 13,884 14,151 16,536 18,868 27,768 28,302 37,736 56,604 61,321 113,208 122,642 183,963 245,284 367,926 490,568 735,852 and 1,471,704, with no remainder.

Since 1,471,704 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,471,704, 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).